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Regulation and instability in U.S. commercial banking [electronic resource] : a history of crises /

by Hendrickson, Jill M; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions: Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: xvi, 296 p. : ill., map.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Banks and banking -- State supervision -- United States -- History | Bank failures -- United States -- History | Banking law -- United States -- History | Financial crises -- United States -- History | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Commercial Bank Instability -- Theories of Bank Regulation -- Antebellum Banking: 1781-1863 -- National Banking Era: 1864-1912 -- Era of Instability and Change: 1913-1944 -- Postwar Banking Era and Regulatory Response: 1945-1999 -- Banking and Crisis in the Twenty-First Century: 2000-2010 -- Lessons From the History of U.S. Banking and Regulation.
Summary: "The historical response to bank crises has always been more regulation. A pattern emerges that some may find surprising: regulation often contributes to bank instability. It suppresses competition and effective response to market changes and encourages bankers to take on additional risk. This book offers a valuable history lesson for policy makers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Commercial Bank Instability -- Theories of Bank Regulation -- Antebellum Banking: 1781-1863 -- National Banking Era: 1864-1912 -- Era of Instability and Change: 1913-1944 -- Postwar Banking Era and Regulatory Response: 1945-1999 -- Banking and Crisis in the Twenty-First Century: 2000-2010 -- Lessons From the History of U.S. Banking and Regulation.

"The historical response to bank crises has always been more regulation. A pattern emerges that some may find surprising: regulation often contributes to bank instability. It suppresses competition and effective response to market changes and encourages bankers to take on additional risk. This book offers a valuable history lesson for policy makers"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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