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Basel II and bankers' propensity to take or avoid excessive risk 

Both Basel I and Basel II are concerned (indeed, obsessed) with risk taking by bankers. But risk is an essential part of banking. The essential...

Roundtable discussion: reflection on twenty years of bank regulatory reform. 

Banking is now, and has always been, a risky business." This succinct and cautionary statement was the first sentence of the executive summary of...

Looking back twenty years: what changed, what we wrote, and what we did and did not accomplish.(ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION) 

I reread our book, Perspectives on Safe and Sound Banking: Past, Present, and Future, with some concern that I might be dismayed and disappointed...

Looking Back Twenty Years: What Changed, What We Wrote, and What We Did and Did Not Accomplish 

Looking Back Twenty Years: What Changed, What We Wrote, and What We Did and Did Not Accomplish I reread our book, Perspectives on Safe and Sound...

Commentary.(evaluation of government insurance programs) 

Douglas Elliott (2006) begins his discussion of some important issues concerning how federal government financing and insurance programs should...

Commentary 

On the Importance of the Plumber: The Intersection of Theory and Practice in Policymaking for Federal Financial Institutions/Commentary 

PERFORMANCE COMPENSATION CONTRACTS AND CEOS' INCENTIVE TO SHIFT RISK TO DEBTHOLDERS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS 

Abstract The paper investigates the relationships among CEO incentive contracts, manager ownership, charter value, and bank risk taking. We...

How should banks account for loan losses? 

How should banks and other lenders account for the risk that a borrower will default on a loan? This accounting determines when and to what...

How Should Banks Account for Loan Losses? 

How should banks and other lenders account for the risk that a borrower will default on a loan? This accounting determines when and to what extent...