Part I Stylized Facts and Summary

Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Overview

Part II Banking Crisis Prevention and Resolution

Chapter Three Determinants and Characteristics of Banking Crises
Chapter Four Financial Dollarization
Chapter Five Banking Crisis Resolution
Chapter Six Bank Regulation and Supervision
Chapter Seven Designing Deposit Insurance
Chapter Eight Private Oversight of the Banking Sector: The Role of Market Discipline

Part III The Effects of Market Structure

Chapter Nine Concentration and Competition
Chapter Ten Foreign Banks
Chapter Eleven Should the Government Be in the Banking Business?

Part IV The Role of Economic and Financial Institutions

Chapter Twelve Economywide Institutions and Banking Credit: Protecting Creditor Rights
Chapter Thirteen Information Sharing in Financial Markets
Chapter Fourteen Access to Financing for Small and Medium Enterprises
Chapter Fifteen Foundations of Housing Finance

Part V The Road Ahead in Financial Regulation

Chapter Sixteen The Challenges of Basel II
Chapter Seventeen Money Laundering: What Do We Know?

References
Index