Matthews K., Thompson J. The Economics of Banking

John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2005. — 257 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-470-09008-4; ISBN10: 0-470-09008-1.There are a number of good books on banking in the market; so, why should the authors write another one and, more importantly, why should the student be burdened with an additional one? Books on banking tend to be focused on the management of the bank and, in particular, management of the balance sheet. Such books are specialized reading for students of bank management or administration. Students of economics are used to studying behaviour (individual and corporate) in the context of optimizing behaviour subject to constraints. There is little in the market that examines banking in the context of economic behaviour. What little there is, uses advanced technical analysis suitable for a graduate programme in economics or combines economic behaviour with case studies suitable for banking MBA programmes. There is nothing that uses intermediate level microeconomics that is suitable for an undergraduate programme or nonspecialist postgraduate programmes.Trends in Domestic and International Banking.
Financial Intermediation: The Impact of the Capital Market.
Banks and Financial Intermediation.
Retail and Wholesale Banking.
International Banking.
The Theory of the Banking Firm.
Models of Banking Behaviour.
Credit Rationing.
Securitization.
The Structure of Banking.
Bank Regulation.
Risk Management.
The Macroeconomics of Banking.