315404 Seminar zur Wirtschaftstheorie (S) (WiSe 2005/2006)

Regulation of Banks - Causes and Consequences

The focus of this seminar is on the justifications and effects of the regulation of the banking industry. The main questions which to be analyzed are:
Why do banks need to be regulated?
Which forms or instruments of banking regulation exist?
What are the effects of these regulatory instruments?
Several theoretical approaches to these questions will be examined and discussed.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

Vordiplom

Literaturangaben

Freixas, X. and J. Rochet (1998): Microeconomics of Banking.
2nd Print., MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. (esp. pp. 257-290)

Eichberger, J. and I. Harper (1997): Financial Economics.
1st Print., Oxford University Press: Oxford, New York. (esp. pp. 225-239)

Bhattacharya, S. and A. Thakor (1993): Contemporary Banking Theory.
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 3, 2-50.