This book aims to provide a thoroughly updated overview and evaluation of the industrial organization of banking. It examines the interplay among bank behavior, market structure, and regulation from the perspective of a variety of public policy issues, including bank competition and risk, market...

The Banking Environment -- Alternative Perspectives on Bank Behavior -- The Industrial Economics of Banking -- The Economics of Banking Antitrust -- Bank Competition, Stability, and Regulation -- Economic Foundations of International Banking -- Capital Regulation, Bank Behavior, and Market...