Overview

As a result of the recent financial crisis, there has been significant public debate on the role of the financial sector in bringing about the ""Great Depression."" More generally, there has been debate about whether the current industry structure has enhanced social welfare or served a detrimental role.This book is a collection of papers presented at the conference held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, in November 2012 that examined the social value of the financial sector as currently structured. Issues evaluated include what are the perceived benefits and costs of the current financial system? How valuable have industry innovations been for society? Should regulation be used to ""move"" the industry in a direction thought to be more valuable for society? Should ""big"" banks be broken up? What are the welfare implications of the current industry structure? In the book, leading industry scholars debate these issues with a goal of influencing public policy toward the industry.

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Author:   Viral V Acharya (New York Univ, Usa & Centre For Economic Policy (Cepr), Uk) ,  Thorsten Beck (Tilburg Univ, The Netherlands & Centre For Economic Policy (Cepr), Uk) ,  Douglas D Evanoff (Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago, Usa) ,  George G Kaufman (Loyola Univ Chicago, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Volume:   29
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9789814520287

ISBN 10:   9814520284
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   09 December 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Description and Measurement of the Financial System; Social Benefits and Costs of the Current Financial System; Financial Industry Innovation; Effects of Regulation, the Safety Net and Other Government Guarantees; Finance and Economic Activity: Variations across Emerging and Developed Markets; Break Up the Big Banks?; Where to from Here? What Does All of This Mean for Financial Regulatory Policy?.

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