If stable and efficient banks are such a good idea, why are they so rare? -- The game of bank bargains -- Tools of … colonial times to 1990 -- The new U.S. bank bargain : megabanks, urban activists, and the erosion of mortgage standards … -- Leverage, regulatory failure, and the subprime crisis -- Durable partners : politics and banking in Canada -- Mexico : chaos …

channel, one bank's capital policy affects the equity value and risk of default of other banks. In a model where such … externalities are strong, bank capital takes on the attribute of a public good, where the private equilibrium features excessive … implications of the model with observed bank behavior during the crisis of 2007-09 …