Financial Regulation after the Global Recession [Hardcover]

The failure on the part of Banks to enforce rigorous self regulation has precipitated a deep and prolonged global recession. This book provides a comprehensive review of principles, institutions and experience of financial regulation, to?help illustrate?current regulatory proposals.List of Tables List of Diagrams List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction, Scope and Content PART I: GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND FINANCE Introduction The First Best of Efficiency and Satisfaction The Theory of Second Best The Public Interest View Imperfect Information Government Failure Transactions Costs and Property Rights The New Institutional Economics The Economic Theory of Regulation Rent-seeking and Public Choice The View of Disclosure and Regulation The Political Economy of the Regulatory State Contrasts of Public and Private Interest Views Applied Welfare Economics Finance, Efficiency and Growth Summary Appendix: Security Prices and Cost/Benefit Analysis PART II: BANK REGULATION Introduction Approaches to Bank and Financial Regulation Banks Versus Finance Prudential and Systemic Regulation Functional and Structural Finance The Law and Finance View Bank Functions Monitoring and Diversification Liquidity Transformation Housing Finance Securitization and Credit-risk Transfer Bank Capital Theory and Requirements International Capital Requirements Deposit Insurance Political Economy Summary PART III: BANK CONCENTRATION AND CENTRAL BANKS Introduction Banking Market Organization Competition and Productivity Restrictions on Markets Bank Concentration Central Banks The Federal Reserve System and US Regulators and Supervisors The European Central Bank The Bank of Japan The Bank of England General Principles of Central Banking Central Banking in the United Kingdom Monetary Policy, Income and Prices Summary PART IV: UNIVERSAL BANKING, GOVERNANCE AND COMPENSATION Introduction Universal and Specialized Banking The Political Economy of Securities Legislation Economic Analysis of Glass-lƒÀ