This book aims to provide a thoroughly updated overview and evaluation
of the industrial organization of banking. It examines the interplay
among bank behavior, market structure, and regulation from the
perspective of a variety of public policy issues, including bank
competition and risk, market discipline, antitrust issues, and capital
regulation. New to this edition are discussions of the economic
foundations of international banking, macroprudential regulation, and
international coordination of banking policies. The book can serve as a
learning tool and reference for graduate students, academics, bankers,
and policymakers with interests in the industrial organization of the
banking sector and the impacts of banking regulations.