Bücher der Reihe Research in Financial Services: Private and Public Policy

Consists of papers that were presented at three invited sessions at the annual meetings of the Western Economic Association in San Diego, California on July 8-10, 1999. This work includes the comments made by delegates at that time. The theme of the sessions was 'Bank Problems: A Global Perspective'.

Contains papers presented at the annual meeting of the Western Economic Association in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 1998. Focusing on the banking and financial crises, this volume describes, discusses and evaluates alternative procedures for resolving bank insolvencies and recapitalizing the banking system, and suggests ways of maintaining bank solvency.

Asset price bubbles have been and continue to be an area of major public policy concern in many countries. While we know that the bursting of such bubbles is painful and destructive to the economy, little is known of their causes. This volume examines aspects of asset price bubbles from the perspective of different times and different countries.

Focuses on problems in banking that have the potential not only for disrupting the smooth provision of banking and other financial services, but also for adversely affecting domestic and even international macroeconomic activity. This work talks about fragility and regulation in different countries.

In December 1991, the US Congress enacted and President George Bush signed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA). This title provides knowledge on improving the performance of banking systems. It is useful to researchers and policy-makers both in evaluating regulatory structures and in designing modified structures.

Contains papers which consider the basic role of market discipline, how it may be applied to banking and more broadly to large financial institutions of various types.