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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456747003321

Autore

Dewatripont M (Mathias)

Titolo

Balancing the banks [[electronic resource] ] : global lessons from the financial crisis / / Mathias Dewatripont, Jean-Charles Rochet, and Jean Tirole; translated by Keith Tribe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-56913-9

9786612569135

1-4008-3464-3

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Classificazione

QK 640

Altri autori (Persone)

RochetJean-Charles

TiroleJean

TribeKeith

Disciplina

332.1

Soggetti

Banks and banking - Government policy

Banks and banking - State supervision

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Financial crises - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction / Dewatripont, Mathias / Rochet, Jean-Charles / Tirole, Jean -- CHAPTER 2 Lessons from the Crisis / Tirole, Jean -- CHAPTER 3. The Future of Banking Regulation / Rochet, Jean-Charles -- CHAPTER 4. The Treatment of Distressed Banks / Dewatripont, Mathias / Rochet, Jean-Charles -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the crippled global financial system. Bringing together three leading financial economists to provide an international perspective, Balancing the Banks draws critical lessons from the causes of the crisis and proposes important regulatory reforms, including sound guidelines for the ways in which distressed banks might be dealt



with in the future. While some recent policy moves go in the right direction, others, the book argues, are not sufficient to prevent another crisis. The authors show the necessity of an adaptive prudential regulatory system that can better address financial innovation. Stressing the numerous and complex challenges faced by politicians, finance professionals, and regulators, and calling for reinforced international coordination (for example, in the treatment of distressed banks), the authors put forth a number of principles to deal with issues regarding the economic incentives of financial institutions, the impact of economic shocks, and the role of political constraints. Offering a global perspective, Balancing the Banks should be read by anyone concerned with solving the current crisis and preventing another such calamity in the future.