The Regulatory Response to the Financial Crisis

by Charles A.E. Goodhart

There are already many papers and books on the causes and course of the current financial crisis, but this is the first and, for the moment, only such book to focus on the regulatory response to it. There are two main attributes that a bank needs to remain in business during a period of turmoil, liquidity to enable it to pay its debts when due, and capital, to absorb losses. Both have been insufficient. Charles Goodhart describes what went wrong and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849801622
• ISBN13: 9781849801621
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 8.5"