I National and Regional Bank Mergers -- 1 Profiles of U.S. Merging Banks and the Performance Outcomes and Motivations for Recent Mergers -- 2 An Empirical Investigation of Potential Competition: Evidence from the Banking Industry -- 3 Regional Differences in Bank Merger Pricing -- 4 Bank Merger...

The 2007 financial and economic crisis that began in the United States and quickly spread around the world differed from earlier crises in a number of significant ways. This book examines the causes of these events in the US, and their impacts on North America, Europe, Asia and Australia

Offers advice from existing directors, scholars and regulators about what good directors need to know. The Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions offers the practitioner and the scholar a comprehensive guide to what it takes to survive and thrive as a director of a financial...

1. Corporate governance, bank regulation and activity expansion in the United States -- 2. Corporate governance in banks : does the board structure matter? -- 3. Corporate governance and bank performance -- 4. Corporate governance at community banks : one size does not fit all -- 5. Bank mergers...

Contents: Preface -- 1. What is money? from commodities to virtual currencies/bitcoin / Benton E. Gup -- 2. Blockchain: a primer / Gerald P. Dwyer -- 3. Innovating to new heists: regulating cyber threats in the financial services industry / Kristin N. Johnson -- 4. An overview of corporate...

Capital Markets, Globalization, and Economic Development consists of fourteen articles contributed by authors from Australia, Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States who provide a wide range of insights. The contributors include academics, government officials, and regulators. This...