Why are there so many banking crises? the politics and policy of bank regulation

Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet such crises--and the massive financial and social damage they can cause--remain common throughout the world. Does deposit insurance encourage depositors and bankers to take excessive risks? Are banking regulat...

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Main Author: Rochet, Jean-Charles (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press 2008
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Table of Contents:
  • Why are there so many banking crises? / Jean-Charles Rochet
  • Coordination failures and the lender of last resort : was Bagehot right after all? / Jean-Charles Rochet, Xavier Vives
  • The lender of last resort : a twenty-first century approach / Xavier Freixas, Bruno M. Parigi, Jean-Charles Rochet
  • Macroeconomic shocks and banking supervision / Jean-Charles Rochet
  • Interbank lending and systemic risk / Jean-Charles Rochet, Jean Tirole
  • Controlling risk in payment systems / Jean-Charles Rochet, Jean Tirole
  • Systemic risk, interbank relations, and the central bank / Xavier Freixas, Bruno M. Parigi, Jean-Charles Rochet
  • Capital requirements and the behavior of commercial banks / Jean-Charles Rochet
  • Rebalancing the three pillars of Basel II / Jean-Charles Rochet
  • The three pillars of Basel II : optimizing the mix / Jean-Paul Décamps, Jean-Charles Rochet, Benoît Roger