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 …

competitor banks for any given bank, and analyze the impact of this variable on banks’ risk-taking behavior, using a large sample … bank bail-outs on banks' risk-taking behavior. -- Government bail-out ; implicit and explicit government guarantees … ; banking competition ; risk-taking …