Threats to International Financial Stability

Introduction Richard Portes and Alexander K. Swoboda 1. The anatomy of financial crises Barry Eichengreen and Richard Portes 2. The role of public policy in ensuring financial stability: a cross-country, comparative perspective Ernst Baltensperger and Jean Dermine 3. The design of bank regulation and supervision: some lessons from the theory of finance Stephen M. Schaefer 4. Competitive financial reregulation: an international perspective Edward J. Kane 5. Emergency liquidity assistance for international banks Jack Guttentag and Richard Herring 6. The interbank market, contagion effects and international financial crises Anthony Saunders 7. Public policy and international financial stability: a report of the conference discussion and panel Joan Pearce 8. Policy and financial innovation: will there be a switch from deregulation to reregulation? Markus Lusser Appendix Robert F. Gemmill Index.