financial crisis. As a case study, the financial statements of TEB bank are analyzed …

importance of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the “BHCA”) – the key statute governing activities and affiliations of U ….S. bank holding companies (“BHCs”) – by effectively using it as the model for regulation and supervision of all systemically … this rich and multi-faceted history: the evolution of the BHCA definition of a “bank” and the main statutory exemptions …

Belgium in 1830 to the early 21st century. After severe crises, the National Bank of Belgium was created in 1850. The Great …

The authors present an analytical framework for bank complexity through the hypothesis that complexity is necessary for … banks to stay viable in the evolving industry of financial intermediation. They look at organizational structures of bank … the past thirty years, the authors track consolidation and diversification that led to a significant expansion in bank …

removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic … stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We … find that the introduction of free banking laws stimulated the creation of new banks and led to more bank failures. Our …