in the banking sectors of various countries. After the 2007-2009 crisis, bank capital requirements have, in some cases … guidelines has contributed to regulatory complexity, even when omitting other bank capital regulations that are specific to the … US, and (3) how the US regulatory measures still do not provide equally valuable information about whether a bank is …

2007-2009. The fear is that if a big bank gets into trouble, its problems will infect other financial institutions and … there are huge complexities at almost every level. What is “big?” How big is too big? What is a “bank?” What kinds of risk …-taking are appropriate for a bank – and why? What do we know about the costs and benefits of different strategies? This paper …

supervisory practices, and there is a roughly equal division between those countries that rely on the central bank as the chief … bank or indirectly through a subsidiary of a bank, rather than through a holding company structure. The notable exceptions … illustrating a way in which empirical examinations of bank performance might be enriched by taking into account differences in …

from the most recent (2011-2012) World Bank survey on banking supervision and regulation. Key observations emerging from … about the current status of banking regulation and supervision. Our unique starting point for answering that question comes … from the fact that 20 years ago we developed the first detailed, multi-country database on banking regulation and …