Intro -- GLOBAL BANKING REGULATION AND SUPERVISION WHAT ARE THE ISSUES AND WHAT ARE THE PRACTICES? -- GLOBAL BANKING REGULATION AND SUPERVISION WHAT ARE THE ISSUES AND WHAT ARE THE PRACTICES? -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL MARKETS AND BANKING...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Economic Principles, Government Policy, and the Market Crisis -- The Basics of Too Big to Fail -- Creating a Responsive, Accountable, Market-Driven Financial System -- Panel Discussion on Banking Reform -- Panel Discussion on Stability,...

This paper presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in 142 countries and makes comparisons with two earlier surveys. The data do not suggest that countries have primarily reformed their bank regulations for the better over the last decade. Following Basel guidelines many...