[Inhalt u.a.:] Hansen, Henry: Branch banking in Canada, S. 146-168. …

and Efficient Banks Are Such a Good Idea, Why Are They So Rare? -- 2. The Game of Bank Bargains -- 3. Tools of Conquest … Banking -- 5. Banks and Democracy -- Section Two. The Cost of Banker-Populist Alliances The United States versus Canada -- 6 …. Crippled by Populism -- 7. The New U.S. Bank Bargain -- 8. Leverage, Regulatory Failure, and the Subprime Crisis -- 9. Durable …

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 …

removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic … stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We … find that the introduction of free banking laws stimulated the creation of new banks and led to more bank failures. Our …