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Competition and Stability in Banking: The Role of Regulation and Competition Policy

Hardback

Main Details

Title Competition and Stability in Banking: The Role of Regulation and Competition Policy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Xavier Vives
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:344
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreBanking
ISBN/Barcode 9780691171791
ClassificationsDewey:332.1
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 20 line illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 2 August 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Does too much competition in banking hurt society? What policies can best protect and stabilize banking without stifling it? Institutional responses to such questions have evolved over time, from interventionist regulatory control after the Great Depression to the liberalization policies that started in the United States in the 1970s. The global fi

Author Biography

Xavier Vives is professor of economics and finance at the IESE Business School in Barcelona. His books include Information and Learning in Markets (Princeton) and Oligopoly Pricing.

Reviews

"The book is worth reading from cover to cover. It is thoughtful, well written, lucidly surveys some well-known material, and brings useful insights using some of the tools of industrial organisation economics."---Geoffrey Wood, Central Banking Journal "Competition and Stability in Banking can be said to represent the best of available knowledge. . . . An impressive work of one of the leading economists in the field. It is first of all a (rather: the) new textbook on a Master or PhD level. Yet, it should also be mandatory reading to all economists (and lawyers) working in official or government agencies related to either banking regulation and supervision or competition."---Urs Birchler, Journal of Economics and Statistics