The Economics of Bank Bankruptcy Law

• Main Authors: Marinč, Matej (Author), Vlahu, Razvan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Finance.; Public finance.; Finance, general.; Financial Law/Fiscal Law.

This book shows that a special bank bankruptcy regime is desirable for the efficient restructuring and/or liquidation of distressed banks. It explores in detail both the principal features of corporate bankruptcy law and the specific characteristics of banks including the importance of public confid...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 General Issues in Bankruptcy Law
• 3 Are Banks Special? Implications for Bank Bankruptcy Law
• 4 Systemic Crises
• 5 General Issues on the structure of Banking Industry
• 6 Current Bank Bankruptcy Regimes and Recent Developments
• 7 Optimal Design of Bank Bankruptcy Law and the Bank Failures from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis
• 8 Conclusions
• 9 Appendix.