Balancing the Banks: Global Lessons from the Financial Crisis - Hardcover

Dewatripont, Mathias; Rochet, Jean–charles; Tirole, Jean; Tribe, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691145237 ISBN 13: 9780691145235

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Balancing the Banks

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Review:

"Three giants in the field have teamed up to offer their insightful perspectives on prudential regulation at a crucial time. The book is both academic and pragmatic, a real bridge between these two worlds. Mandatory reading for all policymakers and academics involved in the difficult subjects of banking regulation and crisis prevention."--Ricardo Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"This is a very good book on the financial crisis by three of the best economists in the world. Unusually among top economists, all three are knowledgeable about banking and the financial system. It will have an important impact on the debate about the reform of regulation."--Franklin Allen, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

"This timely book provides valuable insights and suggestions from three of the foremost experts in the field of regulation."--Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University

"This book offers a clear analysis of the financial crisis: causes, mechanisms, and policy. Written by top experts in economics and prudential regulation, it will be read by many economists and graduate students, as well as journalists, policymakers, the general public, and advanced undergraduate students. The scholarship is top-notch."--Xavier Gabaix, New York University

"This compact but powerful book by three internationally recognized European economists is well worth reading. The authors offer a thoughtful review of the current global financial crisis and a number of considered recommendations for ameliorating the next and inevitable one."--Choice

"Balancing the Banks, by three French economists, focuses on what went wrong with financial regulation and how it can be strengthened. It offers an excellent appreciation of the intrinsic dilemmas involved in regulating financial institutions, along with an explanation of why regulation is necessary, and addresses, among other topics, how to deal with distressed banks. The book provides a useful non-American view of the financial system, with lessons from practices in European countries."--Foreign Affairs

"Jean Tirole, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics"

About the Author:

Mathias Dewatripont is professor of economics at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management), annual visiting professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and research director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research. Jean-Charles Rochet is professor of mathematics and economics at the University of Toulouse I. Jean Tirole, the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, is chairman of the Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont at the Toulouse School of Economics, scientific director of Toulouse's Industrial Economics Institute, and annual visiting professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0691145237
• ISBN 13: 9780691145235
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160