Edited by Andrew W. Mullineux, The Business School, University of Birmingham and Victor Murinde, AXA Professor in Global Finance, School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London, UK

'The Handbook is especially recommended to MBA students and faculty and belongs in the reference collections of academic and research libraries. Although each chapter may serve as a self-contained unit, readers will want to look at the larger picture by comparing and contrasting articles found in each part of the work. It should prove to be a helpful source for those studying international banking, economics and finance, and international business.'

• Contents:Preface PART I: THE GLOBALIZATION OF BANKING1. Globalization and Convergence of Banking SystemsAndrew W. Mullineux and Victor Murinde2. Multinational Banking: Historical, Empirical and CasePerspectives Elisa A. Curry, Justin G. Fung and Ian R. Harper3. Asset-backed Securitization, Collateralized Loan Obligationsand Credit DerivativesWarrick Ward and Simon WolfePART II: BANKING STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS4. The New World of Euro BankingJean Dermine5. Competitive Banking in the EU and EurolandEdward P.M. Gardener, Philip Molyneux andJonathan Williams6. How to Tie Your Hands: A Currency Board versus anIndependent Central BankJakob de Haan and Helge Berger7. Free BankingKevin Dowd8. Islamic BankingHumayon A. Dar and John R. Presley9. Universal Banking and Shareholder Value: A Contradiction?Ingo Walter10. Foreign Exchange Trading Activities of International BanksJürgen Eichberger and Joachim Keller11. The Settlement and Financing of International TradeAyse G. Eren12. Costs and Efficiency in Banking: A Survey of the Evidence from the US, the UK and JapanLeigh DrakePART III: BANKING RISKS, CRISES AND REGULATION13. Country Risk: Existing Models and New HorizonsSarkis Joseph Khoury and Chunsheng Zhou14. The Causes of Bank FailuresShelagh Heffernan15. International Banking CrisesAlistair Milne and Geoffrey E. Wood16. Some Lessons for Bank Regulation from Recent Financial CrisesDavid T. Llewellyn17. Reforming the Traditional Structure of a Central Bank to Copewith the Asian Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Bank ofThailandAndrew W. Mullineux, Victor Murinde and AdisornPinijkulviwat18. Capital Flight: The Key IssuesNiels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Victor Murinde19. International Banks and the Washing of Dirty Money: TheEconomics of Money LaunderingKent Matthews20. The Regulation of International Banking: Structural IssuesRichard Dale and Simon Wolfe21. US Banking Regulation: Practice and TrendsJoseph J. Norton and Christopher D. Olive22. Deposit Insurance and International Banking RegulationC. Charles OkeahalamPART IV: THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIALARCHITECTURE23. The institutional Design of Central BanksFalko Fecht and Gerhard Illing24. The International Monetary Fund: Past, Present and FutureIan W. Marsh and Kate Phylaktis25. Reforming the Privatized International Monetary andFinancial Architecture Jane D’Arista26. Globalization, the WTO and GATS: Implications for theBanking Sector in Developing CountriesVictor Murinde and Cillian RyanIndex

Edited by Andrew W. Mullineux, The Business School, University of Birmingham and Victor Murinde, AXA Professor in Global Finance, School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London, UK

'The Handbook is especially recommended to MBA students and faculty and belongs in the reference collections of academic and research libraries. Although each chapter may serve as a self-contained unit, readers will want to look at the larger picture by comparing and contrasting articles found in each part of the work. It should prove to be a helpful source for those studying international banking, economics and finance, and international business.'

• Contents:Preface PART I: THE GLOBALIZATION OF BANKING1. Globalization and Convergence of Banking SystemsAndrew W. Mullineux and Victor Murinde2. Multinational Banking: Historical, Empirical and CasePerspectives Elisa A. Curry, Justin G. Fung and Ian R. Harper3. Asset-backed Securitization, Collateralized Loan Obligationsand Credit DerivativesWarrick Ward and Simon WolfePART II: BANKING STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS4. The New World of Euro BankingJean Dermine5. Competitive Banking in the EU and EurolandEdward P.M. Gardener, Philip Molyneux andJonathan Williams6. How to Tie Your Hands: A Currency Board versus anIndependent Central BankJakob de Haan and Helge Berger7. Free BankingKevin Dowd8. Islamic BankingHumayon A. Dar and John R. Presley9. Universal Banking and Shareholder Value: A Contradiction?Ingo Walter10. Foreign Exchange Trading Activities of International BanksJürgen Eichberger and Joachim Keller11. The Settlement and Financing of International TradeAyse G. Eren12. Costs and Efficiency in Banking: A Survey of the Evidence from the US, the UK and JapanLeigh DrakePART III: BANKING RISKS, CRISES AND REGULATION13. Country Risk: Existing Models and New HorizonsSarkis Joseph Khoury and Chunsheng Zhou14. The Causes of Bank FailuresShelagh Heffernan15. International Banking CrisesAlistair Milne and Geoffrey E. Wood16. Some Lessons for Bank Regulation from Recent Financial CrisesDavid T. Llewellyn17. Reforming the Traditional Structure of a Central Bank to Copewith the Asian Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Bank ofThailandAndrew W. Mullineux, Victor Murinde and AdisornPinijkulviwat18. Capital Flight: The Key IssuesNiels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Victor Murinde19. International Banks and the Washing of Dirty Money: TheEconomics of Money LaunderingKent Matthews20. The Regulation of International Banking: Structural IssuesRichard Dale and Simon Wolfe21. US Banking Regulation: Practice and TrendsJoseph J. Norton and Christopher D. Olive22. Deposit Insurance and International Banking RegulationC. Charles OkeahalamPART IV: THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIALARCHITECTURE23. The institutional Design of Central BanksFalko Fecht and Gerhard Illing24. The International Monetary Fund: Past, Present and FutureIan W. Marsh and Kate Phylaktis25. Reforming the Privatized International Monetary andFinancial Architecture Jane D’Arista26. Globalization, the WTO and GATS: Implications for theBanking Sector in Developing CountriesVictor Murinde and Cillian RyanIndex

Edited by Andrew W. Mullineux, The Business School, University of Birmingham and Victor Murinde, AXA Professor in Global Finance, School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London, UK

'The Handbook is especially recommended to MBA students and faculty and belongs in the reference collections of academic and research libraries. Although each chapter may serve as a self-contained unit, readers will want to look at the larger picture by comparing and contrasting articles found in each part of the work. It should prove to be a helpful source for those studying international banking, economics and finance, and international business.'

• Contents:Preface PART I: THE GLOBALIZATION OF BANKING1. Globalization and Convergence of Banking SystemsAndrew W. Mullineux and Victor Murinde2. Multinational Banking: Historical, Empirical and CasePerspectives Elisa A. Curry, Justin G. Fung and Ian R. Harper3. Asset-backed Securitization, Collateralized Loan Obligationsand Credit DerivativesWarrick Ward and Simon WolfePART II: BANKING STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS4. The New World of Euro BankingJean Dermine5. Competitive Banking in the EU and EurolandEdward P.M. Gardener, Philip Molyneux andJonathan Williams6. How to Tie Your Hands: A Currency Board versus anIndependent Central BankJakob de Haan and Helge Berger7. Free BankingKevin Dowd8. Islamic BankingHumayon A. Dar and John R. Presley9. Universal Banking and Shareholder Value: A Contradiction?Ingo Walter10. Foreign Exchange Trading Activities of International BanksJürgen Eichberger and Joachim Keller11. The Settlement and Financing of International TradeAyse G. Eren12. Costs and Efficiency in Banking: A Survey of the Evidence from the US, the UK and JapanLeigh DrakePART III: BANKING RISKS, CRISES AND REGULATION13. Country Risk: Existing Models and New HorizonsSarkis Joseph Khoury and Chunsheng Zhou14. The Causes of Bank FailuresShelagh Heffernan15. International Banking CrisesAlistair Milne and Geoffrey E. Wood16. Some Lessons for Bank Regulation from Recent Financial CrisesDavid T. Llewellyn17. Reforming the Traditional Structure of a Central Bank to Copewith the Asian Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Bank ofThailandAndrew W. Mullineux, Victor Murinde and AdisornPinijkulviwat18. Capital Flight: The Key IssuesNiels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Victor Murinde19. International Banks and the Washing of Dirty Money: TheEconomics of Money LaunderingKent Matthews20. The Regulation of International Banking: Structural IssuesRichard Dale and Simon Wolfe21. US Banking Regulation: Practice and TrendsJoseph J. Norton and Christopher D. Olive22. Deposit Insurance and International Banking RegulationC. Charles OkeahalamPART IV: THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIALARCHITECTURE23. The institutional Design of Central BanksFalko Fecht and Gerhard Illing24. The International Monetary Fund: Past, Present and FutureIan W. Marsh and Kate Phylaktis25. Reforming the Privatized International Monetary andFinancial Architecture Jane D’Arista26. Globalization, the WTO and GATS: Implications for theBanking Sector in Developing CountriesVictor Murinde and Cillian RyanIndex