Banking in Crisis : The Rise and Fall of British Banking Stability, 1800 to the Present (Paperback)

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: holding shareholders to account; 2. Banking instability and risk shifting; 3. The evolution of British banking structure and stability since 1800; 4. Major and minor British banking crises since 1800; 5. Banking stability, shareholder liability and bank capital; 6. Averting or creating banking crises? The lender of last resort and bank rescues; 7. Banking stability and bank regulation; 8. Restoring banking stability: policy and political economy; Bibliography; Index.