Full Description
This book aims to provide a thoroughly updated overview and evaluation of the industrial organization of banking. It examines the interplay among bank behaviour, market structure, and regulation from the perspective of a variety of public policy issues, including bank competition and risk, market discipline, antitrust issues, and capital regulation. New to this edition are discussions of the economic foundations of international banking, macroprudential regulation, and international coordination of banking policies. The book can serve as a learning tool and reference for graduate students, academics, bankers, and policymakers with interests in the industrial organization of the banking sector and the impacts of banking regulations.
Contents
The Banking Environment.- Alternative Perspectives on Bank Behavior.- The Industrial Economics of Banking.- The Economics of Banking Antitrust.- Bank Competition, Stability, and Regulation.- Economic Foundations of International Banking.- Capital Regulation, Bank Behavior, and Market Structure.- Market Discipline and the Banking Industry.- Regulation and the Structure of the Banking Industry.- Macroprudential Regulation and International Policy Coordination.
