Trends in domestic and international banking -- Financial intermediation : the impact of the capital market -- Banks and financial intermediation -- Banking typology -- International banking -- The theory of the banking firm -- Models of banking behaviour -- Credit rationing -- Securitization --...

A significant number of entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could use funds productively if they were available, but are often denied access to financing. This impedes their creation and growth. The "financing gap" was the subject of the OECD Global Conference on "Better...