
| This volume assembles and presents a new database on bank regulation in over 150 countries (included also on CD). It offers the first comprehensive cross-country assessment of the impact of bank regulation on the operation of banks, and assesses the validity of the Basel Committee's influential approach to bank regulation. 作者简介: James R. Barth is the Lowder Eminent Scholar in Finance at Auburn University and a Senior Finance Fellow at the Milken Institute. He has also been Professor of Economics at George Washington University, Associate Director of the economics program at the National Science Foundation, and Shaw Foundation Professor of Banking and Finance at Nanyang Technological University. Professor Barth was an appointee of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush as Chief Economist of the Office of Thrift Supervision and previously as Chief Economist of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Most recently, he served as leader of an international team advising the People's Bank of China on banking reform from Fall 2002 to Spring 2004. He has authored more than 100 articles in professional journals and has written and edited several books. His research focuses on financial institutions and capital markets, both domestic and global, with special emphasis on regulatory issues. |
| List of Figures, Tables, and Appendices Preface 1.Introduction 1.A. Motivation 1.B. Objectives and Contributions 1.C. Key Findings: A Brief Synopsis 1.D. Guide to the Book 2.Contrasting Approaches to Bank Regulation 2.A. Two Approaches to Bank Regulation 2.B. Bank Regulation: Pros and Cons 2.C. The Basel Committee and Regulatory Convergence 2.D. Conclusion 3.How Are Banks Regulated and Supervised Around the World? 3.A. Overview 3.B. Structure, Scope, and Independence of Regulation and Supervision 3.C. What Is a “Bank”? 3.D. Entry into Banking, Capital Requirements, and Supervisory Powers 3.E. Explicit Deposit Insurance Schemes 3.F. Private Monitoring and External Governance 3.G. Does Bank Ownership Type Affect the Choice of Regulations and Supervisory Practices? 3.H. Forces for Greater Harmonization of Regulation and Supervision among Countries 4.What Works Best? 4.A. Goals and Boundaries 4.B. Bank Regulation and Supervision and Bank Development 4.C. Bank Supervision, Regulation, and Stability 4.D. Bank Supervision, Regulation, and Bank Efficiency 4.E. Bank Supervision, Regulation, and Bank Lending 4.F. Supervision, Regulation, and Bank Governance 4.G. Summary of Results 5.Choosing Bank Regulations 5.A. Recap and Motivation 5.B. Motivating Example: Mexico and the United States 5.C. Conceptual Framework 5.D. Empirical Framework and Data 5.E. Summary Remarks 6.Rethinking Bank Regulation 6.A. Approach and Context 6.B. Lessons and Implications Appendices References Index |
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