The present discussions about the future of bank regulation, coming after a long period of bank deregulation, have a natural tendency to exaggerate the effectiveness of regulation. But those discussions are poorly rooted in the macroeconomic foundations of bank intermediation, including its...

The report provides an analysis of the financial crisis of 2007/2008 and draws some conclusions about the need for regulatory reform. The analysis ascribes the crisis not only to problems in subprime mortgage lending and securitization, but also to excessive maturity transformation and...

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen der Tätigkeit der Finanzintermediäre und dem Wachstum der Volkswirtschaft. Besonderes Interesse gilt der Untersuchung dieses Zusammenhanges unter den Bedingungen der Transformationswirtschaft. Es werden zuerst die...