Why Are There So Many Banking Crises?: The Politics and Policy of Bank Regulation - Couverture rigide

Rochet, Jean-Charles

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691131465 ISBN 13 : 9780691131467

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet such crises--and the massive financial and social damage they can cause--remain common throughout the world. Does deposit insurance encourage depositors and bankers to take excessive risks? Are banking regulations poorly designed? Or are banking regulators incompetent? Jean-Charles Rochet, one of the world's leading authorities on banking regulation, argues that the answer in each case is no. In Why Are There So Many Banking Crises?, he makes the case that, although many banking crises are precipitated by financial deregulation and globalization, political interference often causes--and almost always exacerbates--banking crises. If, for example, political authorities are allowed to pressure banking regulators into bailing out banks that should be allowed to fail, then regulation will lack credibility and market discipline won't work. Only by insuring the independence of banking regulators, Rochet says, can market forces work and banking crises be prevented and minimized. In this important collection of essays, Rochet examines the causes of banking crises around the world in recent decades, focusing on the lender of last resort; prudential regulation and the management of risk; and solvency regulations. His proposals for reforms that could limit the frequency and severity of banking crises should interest a wide range of academic economists and those working for central and private banks and financial services authorities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jean-Charles Rochet is professor of mathematics and economics at the University of Toulouse and a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include (with Xavier Freixas) Microeconomics of Banking and (with Guillaume Plantin) When Insurers Go Bust (Princeton).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691131465
• ISBN 13: 9780691131467
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Princeton University Press; https://press.princeton.edu/books; ; 7th Floor, New South Building; PRINCETON; NJ; 8544; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible