This paper considers developments which have necessitated greater involvement and a greater role for the central bank … legislation such as the Banking Act of 2009 which has not only introduced greater statutory powers for the central bank, but also … the Special Resolution Regime. As well as a consideration of arguments which are in favour of the central bank’s role as …

This paper analyses bank exit (ie reorganisation and liquidation) legislation in selected financial centres: New York …, London, Frankfurt, Helsinki and Tokyo. The focus is on bank exit legislation applicable to commercial banks. The legislation … is analysed from the perspective of bank stakeholders, ie bank creditors, depositors and bank shareholders. The analysis …

This paper evaluates bank exit regimes in selected financial centres using econometric methods. The focus is on bank … exit regimes applicable to commercial banks in New York, London, Frankfurt, Helsinki and Tokyo in 1998–2002. Bank exit … regimes are studied from the perspective of bank creditors and bank shareholders. In order to apply econometric methods, the …

bank failures during the early 1930s and their dire monetary and real impacts. Recent research in macroeconomics though has … evidence at the national and regional levels. Our results show that controlling for the overall contraction and bank failures …

An 1890s loan book of the Bank A. Levy permits a detailed examination of the lending operations of a private bank in … there are few microeconomic studies of banks. This unregulated bank was well integrated into national money markets and lent … to a broad cross section of the community. Although the bank appeared to adhere to the real bills doctrine, it provided …