Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Bagehot or Bailout? Policy Responses to Banking Crises -- 2 Accidents Waiting to Happen -- 3 Political Regimes, Bank Insolvency, and Closure Rules -- 4 Argentina and Mexico: A Closer...

Following a number of banking crises over the past five years, several developed countries have reformed or plan to change their structures of banking supervision in search of macro-prudential blueprints that reduce the likelihood of similar events in the future. Elsewhere, banking crises have...