The Oxford Handbook of Banking

• The original volume in the major new OUP series, Oxford Handbooks in Finance, now available in paperback
• Contains 35 original research contributions from the top names in banking and finance
• Written from an international perspective
• Extensive coverage of theoretical and empirical research

Readership: This Handbook will appeal to graduate students of economics, banking and finance, academics, practitioners, and policy makers.

Edited by Allen N. Berger, H. Montague Osteen, Jr. Professor in Banking and Finance, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, and Senior Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, Philip Molyneux, Professor of Banking and Finance, and Head of Bangor Business School, and John O.S. Wilson, Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of St Andrews

Allen N. Berger was Senior Economist from 1989 to 2008 and Economist from 1982-1989 at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He has published more than 100 articles, including papers in the Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983, and a BA in Economics from Northwestern University in 1976.

Philip Molyneux's research interests include competition, risk and performance in European banking, and developments in global wealth management. In 2001 he was the Visiting Bertill Daniellson Research Fellow at the Stockholm School of Economics and University of Gothenburg. Between 2002 and 2005 he acted as a member of the ECON Financial Services expert panel for the European Parliament. He has held visiting Professorships at Bocconi University, Erasmus University, and Bolzano Free University (Italy).

John O.S. Wilson's research interests focus on the areas of European Banking, UK and US Credit Unions, and Financial Exclusion. He has been involved in work that examines the profitability and growth of European banks; competition, risk, and performance in European banking; growth, development, diversification, technology adoption, mergers, and performance of credit unions, and their role in tackling financial exclusion.

Review(s) from previous edition

"Impressive...written by outstanding researchers...provides a unique combination of banking relevant theory, empirical research and policy related material - The European Money and Finance Forum

"The Oxford Handbook of Banking provides a masterful and comprehensive examination of the role of banks in the economy. Anyone with an interest in banking should have this book as a ready reference. Anyone seeking to become an expert in banking should read this insightful compilation of essays carefully." - Professor Ross Levine, James and Merryl Tisch Professor of Economics and Director, William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, Brown University

"The Oxford Handbook of Banking is a veritable tour-de-force. It collects in one place chapters by a who's who of the top researchers in the field. It offers anyone interested in banking an accessible, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art treatment of the subject. It is a must-read for students and researchers alike, as well as anyone interested in understanding the origins of the financial crisis of 2007-2009." - Professor Raghuram G. Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund

"Given the important role of banks in the recent worldwide financial crisis, The Oxford Handbook of Banking, edited by Allen Berger, Phillip Molyneux and John Wilson, couldn't be more timely. This book provides in-depth analyses of the most important issues in banking by the very best scholars in the field. It will be a valuable reference book for years to come." - Frederic Mishkin, Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

1: Allen Berger, Philip Molyneux, and John O.S. Wilson: Banking: An Overview
PART I: THE THEORY OF BANKING
2: Franklin Allen and Elena Carletti: The Roles of Banks in Financial Systems
3: Arnoud W.A. Boot and Anjan V. Thakor: The Accelerating Integration of Banks and Markets and its Implications for Regulation
4: Linda Allen and Anthony Saunders: Risk Management in Banking
5: Philip E. Strahan: Liquidity Production in Twenty-first-century Banking
6: Kevin J. Stiroh: Diversification in Banking
7: Alan D. Morrison: Universal Banking
8: Richard Herring and Jacopo Carmassi: The Corporate Structure of International Financial Conglomerates: Complexity and its Implications for Safety and Soundness
PART II: REGULATORY AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES
9: Michel Aglietta and BenoÎt Mojon: Central Banking
10: Joe Peek and Eric S. Rosengren: The Role of Banks in the Transmission of Monetary Policy
11: Xavier Freixas and Bruno M. Parigi: Lender of Last Resort and Bank Closure Policy
12: Edward J. Kane: Regulation and Supervision: An Ethical Perspective
13: Robert A. Eisenbeis and George G. Kaufman: Deposit Insurance
14: Michael B. Gordy and Erik A. Heitfield: Risk-based Regulatory Capital and Basel II
15: Mark J. Flannery: Market Discipline in Bank Supervision
16: Astrid A. Dick and Timothy H. Hannan: Competition and Antitrust Policy in Banking
17: James R. Barth, Juan A. Marchetti, Daniel E. Nolle, and Wanvimol Sawangngoenyuang: World Trade Organization Commitments vs. Reported Practices on Foreign Bank Entry and Regulation: A Cross-country Analysis
PART III: BANK PERFORMANCE
18: Joseph P. Hughes and Loretta J. Mester: Efficiency In Banking: Theory, Practice, and Evidence
19: W. Scott Frame and Lawrence J. White: Technological Change, Financial Innovation, and Diffusion in Banking
20: Claudia M. Buch and Gayle L. DeLong: Banking Globalization: International Consolidation and Mergers in Banking
21: Allen N. Berger: Small Business Lending
22: Thomas A. Durkin and Gregory Elliehausen: Consumer Lending
23: Andreas Lehnert: Residential Mortgages
24: David Marques Ibanez and Martin Scheicher: Securitization: Instruments and Implications
PART IV: MACROECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES IN BANKING
25: Olivier de Bandt, Philipp Hartmann, and José Luis Peydró: Systemic Risk in Banking: An Update
26: Gerard Caprio and Patrick Honohan: Banking Crises
27: Charles W. Calomiris: The Great Depression and other 'Contagious' Events
28: David Humphrey and James McAndrews: Payments Systems
29: Asli Demirgüç-Kunt: Finance and Economic Development: The Role of Government
30: Nicola Cetorelli: Banking and Real Economic Activity
PART V: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN BANKING STRUCTURES AND ENVIRONMENTS
31: Robert DeYoung: Banking in the United States
32: John Goddard, Philip Molyneux, and John O.S. Wilson: Banking in the European Union
33: John P. Bonin, Iftekhar Hasan, and Paul Watchel: Banking in Transition Countries
34: Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho, and Luiz Fernando de Paula, and Jonathan Williams: Banking in Latin America
35: Hirofumi Uchida and Gregory Udell: Banking in Japan
36: Leora Klapper, Maria Soledad Martinez-Peria, and Bilal Zia: Banking in the Developing Nations of Asia: An Overview of Recent Changes in Ownership Structure