Examines the progression of banking from an unregulated commercial bank to the multinational banking stage. Specifically addresses the nature of banking, the influence and patterns of regulatory constraints on domestic and uncontrolled banks, the move to and risks of multinational banking, and...

pt. 1. The nature of banking -- pt. 2. The impact of regulation on domestic banks -- pt. 3. Introducing regulation into the model of uncontrolled banking -- pt. 4. The move to multinational banking -- pt. 5. The supervision and regulation of multinational banking.

In this paper we examine the construction of international indirect property portfolios available for the UK, France and Japan during three overlapping periods, 1980-88,1986-94 and 1992-2001. The purpose of this analysis is to consider whether the rewards from international property...

This paper examines the risk/return performance of European bank stocks before and after the implementation of the minimum capital requirements under the Basel Accord of 1988. We compare the performance of banks in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Scandinavia,...