Overview -- A survey of literature on optimal capital requirements for banks -- Testing the Modigliani-Miller theorem of capital structure irrelevance -- For banks -- Benefits and costs of higher capital requirements for banks -- Total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) for large banks -- A critical...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch 1 Overview -- Policy Context -- Method and Plan of the Study -- Principal Findings -- Ch 2 Baseline Emissions under Business as Usual -- Framework -- Decomposing Emissions Trends, 1990-2006 -- Baseline through 2030 -- Extending the Baseline...

Overview -- Baseline emissions under business as usual -- Abatement initiatives in the Copenhagen Accord and Cancun Agreements -- Abatement cost functions -- Abatement costs through 2050 -- Trade and timing -- Estimating investment requirements and adaptation costs -- Synthesis