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Bailing Out The Banks: Reconciling Stability And Competition

Mathias Dewatripont

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The financial crisis of 2008 has seen the fall of several of the mighty US investment banks, the collapse of renowned commercial banks on both sides of the Atlantic and the exhaustion of banks' capital all over the world. With it, standard views of banks, financial markets, their risks and their regulation had to be suspended, at a time when bank bailouts became unavoidable. This raises key policy questions on the way taxpayers' resources should be used: What type of capital should governments inject? How should banks' shareholders and creditors be treated? Does capital injection distort competition? Should the standard rules preventing anti-competitive behaviour be applied? How to contain future risk-taking by banks?This report assesses two related aspects of the policy response to the unprecedented financial crisis: competition policy and financial regulation. It addresses both the effectiveness of the response to the current crisis, and the lessons that can be drawn in order to reduce the likelihood of future crises.

Language: English

Pages: 104

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research

Release: July 01, 2010

ISBN: 1907142037

ISBN 13: 9781907142031

Bailing Out The Banks: Reconciling Stability And Competition

Mathias Dewatripont

3/5 ( ratings)

The financial crisis of 2008 has seen the fall of several of the mighty US investment banks, the collapse of renowned commercial banks on both sides of the Atlantic and the exhaustion of banks' capital all over the world. With it, standard views of banks, financial markets, their risks and their regulation had to be suspended, at a time when bank bailouts became unavoidable. This raises key policy questions on the way taxpayers' resources should be used: What type of capital should governments inject? How should banks' shareholders and creditors be treated? Does capital injection distort competition? Should the standard rules preventing anti-competitive behaviour be applied? How to contain future risk-taking by banks?This report assesses two related aspects of the policy response to the unprecedented financial crisis: competition policy and financial regulation. It addresses both the effectiveness of the response to the current crisis, and the lessons that can be drawn in order to reduce the likelihood of future crises.

Language: English

Pages: 104

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Centre for Economic Policy Research

Release: July 01, 2010

ISBN: 1907142037

ISBN 13: 9781907142031

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