Part 1 Introduction to Banking
Chapter 1 What’s special about banks?
Chapter 2 Types of banking
Chapter 3 What do banks do?
Chapter 4 International banking
Part 2 Central Banking and Bank Regulation
Chapter 5 theory of central banking
Chapter 6 Central banking in practice
Chapter 7 Bank regulation and supervision
Part 3 Issues in Bank Management
Chapter 8 Banks’ b/s and income structure
Chapter 9 Managing banks
Chapter 10 Banking risks
Chapter 11 Banking risks management
Part 4 : Comparative Banking Markets
Chapter 12 UK banking
Chapter 13 European banking
Chapter 14 Banking in emerging and transition economies
Chapter 15 Banking in the US
Chapter 16 Banking in Japan
Part 5: Current Issues in Banking
Chapter 17 Banks and markets
Chapter 18 Bank mergers and acquisitions
Chapter 19 Bank competition and financial stability
Dr Barbara Casu is Senior Lecturer in Financial Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor. Her research interests are in Banking and Finance and Performance Measurement. She has published widely in these areas, including recent publications in: the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, and Applied Financial Economics
Dr Claudia Girardone is Lecturer in Finance at the University of Essex. Her main research interests are in the areas of bank performance and efficiency analysis and her recent publications appear in Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics, and the Journal of Banking and Finance
Philip Molyneux is Professor in Banking and Finance and Director of the Institute of European Finance at the University of Wales, Bangor, and has a chair at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Professor Molyneux has published widely in banking and acted as a consultant to: World Bank, European Commission, UK Treasury; and various other international banks and consulting firms. He has recently been appointed as one of eight expert financial sector advisers to the European Union's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee that implements financial services regulations for the European Community