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List of contents
Preface by Benton E. Gup
Historical and Current PerspectivesSome Historical Perspectives on "Too Big to Fail" Policies by Charles G. Leathers and J. Patrick Raines
What Does "Too Big to Fail" Mean? by Benton E. Gup
Too Big to Fail, Government Bailouts, and Managerial Incentives: The Case of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Assistance to the Railroad Industry During the Great Depression by Joseph R. Mason and Daniel A. Schiffman
Does Financial Liberalization Increase the Likelihood of a Systemic Banking Crisis? Evidence from the Past Three Decades and the Great Depression by Arthur E. Wilmarth Jr.
The Federal Home Loan Bank System and the Farm Credit System: Historic Parallels and Implications for Systemic Risk by David Nickerson and Ronnie J. Phillips
Too Big to Fail in the Banking Industry: A Survey by Marcelo Dabos
Too Big to Fail in U.S. Banking: Quo Vadis? by George G. Kaufman
The Fall and Rise of Banking Safety-Net Subsidies by Joe Peek and James A. Wilcox
International PerspectivesToo Big to Fail: The Australian Perspective by Chris Terry and Rowan Trayler
Too Big to Fail: A Taxonomic Analysis by Steven A. Seelig
Avoiding a Permanent Banking Crisis: The Hungarian Banking Sector in the 1990s by Julia Kiraly and Eva Varhegyi
Banking in Japan: Will "Too Big to Fail" Prevail? by Adrian Rixtel, Yupana Wiwattanakantang, Toshiyuki Souma, and Kazunori Suzuki
Too Big or Not Too Big to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and EnronAre Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Too Big to Fail? by Benton E. Gup
Enron: Not Too Big to Fail by Benton E. Gup
About the author
BENTON E. GUP holds the Robert Hunt Cochrane-Alabama Bankers Association Chair of Banking at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. He is the editor or author of numerous books, including
The Future of Banking (2003),
Megamergers in a Global Economy: Causes and Consequences (2002), and
The New Financial Architecture: Banking Regulation in the 21st Century (2001), all published by Quorum Books.
