04203nam 22007454a 450 991077747110332120230617005244.01-280-92642-297866109264280-313-01742-5(CKB)1000000000444146(EBL)497108(OCoLC)57447166(SSID)ssj0000260048(PQKBManifestationID)11218495(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260048(PQKBWorkID)10191546(PQKB)11233725(MiAaPQ)EBC497108(Au-PeEL)EBL497108(CaPaEBR)ebr10347084(CaONFJC)MIL92642(EXLCZ)99100000000044414620030514d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrToo big to fail[electronic resource] policies and practices in government bailouts /edited by Benton E. GupWestport, Conn. Praeger20041 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56720-621-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; PART I: HISTORICAL AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 1 Some Historical Perspectives on "Too Big to Fail" Policies; Chapter 2 What Does Too Big to Fail Mean?; Chapter 3 Too Big to Fail, Government Bailouts, and Managerial Incentives: The Case of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Assistance to the Railroad Industry during the Great Depression; Chapter 4 Does Financial Liberalization Increase the Likelihood of a Systemic Banking Crisis? Evidence from the Past Three Decades and the Great DepressionChapter 5 The Federal Home Loan Bank System and the Farm Credit System: Historic Parallels and Implications for Systemic RiskChapter 6 Too Big to Fail in the Banking Industry: A Survey; Chapter 7 Too Big to Fail in U.S. Banking: Quo Vadis?; Chapter 8 The Fall and Rise of Banking Safety Net Subsidies; PART II: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 9 Too Big to Fail: The Australian Perspective; Chapter 10 Too Big to Fail: A Taxonomic Analysis; Chapter 11 Avoiding a Permanent Banking Crisis: The Hungarian Banking Sector in the 1990s; Chapter 12 Banking in Japan: Will Too Big to Fail Prevail?PART III: TOO BIG, OR NOT TOO BIG TO FAIL: FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, AND ENRONChapter 13 Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Too Big to Fail?; Chapter 14 Enron: Not Too Big to Fail; About the Editors and Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; WUsually associated with large bank failures, the phrase too big to fail, which is a particular form of government bailout, actually applies to a wide range of industries, as this volume makes clear. Examples range from Chrysler to Lockheed Aircraft and from New York City to Penn Central Railroad. Generally speaking, when a corporation, an organization, or an industry sector is considered by the government to be too important to the overall health of the economy, it will not be allowed to fail. Government bailouts are not new, nor are they limited to the United States. This book presents the viBusiness failuresBusiness failuresUnited StatesBank failuresBank failuresUnited StatesIntervention (Federal government)BankruptcyCorporate reorganizationsCorporate turnaroundsBusiness failures.Business failuresBank failures.Bank failuresIntervention (Federal government)Bankruptcy.Corporate reorganizations.Corporate turnarounds.338.7/4Gup Benton E107604Financial Management Association International.Meeting(2002 :San Antonio, Tex.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777471103321Too big to fail3837278UNINA