Preventing bank crises : lesson from recent global bank failures / edited by Gerard Caprio, Jr., William C. Hunter, Geoge G. Kaufman y Danny M. Leipziger.

Proceedings of a conference.

Abbreviations and acronyms, vi -- Foreword, vii -- Acknowledgments, viii -- Introduction, ix -- Part I. Avoiding banking crises -- 1. Preventing Banking Crises / Jejfrey A. Frankel, 3 -- 2. Regulatory Efforts to Prevent Banking Crises / Michael H. Moskow, 13 -- 3. The Role of the International Monetary Fund / Karin Lissakers, 27 -- Part II. Bank failures in Latin American countries -- 4. The Argentine Banking Crisis: Observations and Lessons / Danny M. Leipziger, 35 -- 5. Lessons Learned from the Chilean Experience / Jarge Marshall, 43 -- 6. Lessons from Recent Global Bank Failures: The Case of Brazil / Paul L. Bydalek, 53 -- Part III. Bank failures in transition economies -- 7. Restructuring Distressed Banks in Transition Economies: Lessons from Central Europe and Ukraine / Michael Borish and Fernando Montes-Negret, 69 -- 8. Preventing Banking Crises by Supporting the Truth / Ivan Remsik, 127 -- Part IV. Bank failures in industrial countries -- 9. Lessons from Bank Failures in the United States / James R. Barth and Robert E. Litan, 133 -- 10. The Banking Crisis in Japan / Thomas F. Cargill, Michael M. Hutchison, and Takatoshi Ito, 173 -- 11. Bank Failures in Scandinavia / Sigbjem Atle Berg, 195 -- 12. Banking Disasters: Causes and Preventative Measures, Lessons Derived from the U.S. Experience / Richard J. Herring, 209 -- 13. The Case for International Banking Standards / Morris Goldstein, 237 -- Part V. Commonalities, mistakes, and lessons -- 14. Global Banking Crises: Commonalities, Mistakes, and Lessons / Douglas D. Evanoff, 249 -- 15. Deposit Insurance / Gillian G. Holway García, 255 -- 16. Understanding and Preventing Bank Crises / Edward J. Kane, 269 -- 18. BaiA crte: CommonaUlies, MUlakes, and Lessons Viewed from a South Asian Standpoint / John Williamson, 287 -- Part VI. Preventing future banking crises: What can and should be done? -- 19. Suggestions for Improvements / Joseph Bisignano, 295 -- 20. Building a Better and Safer Banking System in Latin America and the Caribbean / E. Gerald Corrigan, 303 -- 21. Bank Restructuring Revisited / Andrew Sheng, 325 -- 22. What Can and Should Be Done to Prevent Future Financial Crises? / Edwin M. Truman, 333 -- Part VII. Conference overview -- 23. Summary / George G. Kaufman, 341 -- 24. Concluding Thoughts / Gerard Caprio, Jr., 345 -- Contributors, 349 -- Conference Agenda, 361 -- Conference Participants, 365 -- Index, 371.