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Explores the reasons why some companies or organizations are considered too big to fail by their governments, and why others are not.

Table of Contents

Preface by Benton E. Gup Historical and Current Perspectives Some Historical Perspectives on "Too Big to Fail" Policies by Charles G. Leathers and J. Patrick Raines What Does "Too Big to Fail" Mean? by Benton E. Gup Too Big to Fail, Government Bailouts, and Managerial Incentives: The Case of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Assistance to the Railroad Industry During the Great Depression by Joseph R. Mason and Daniel A. Schiffman Does Financial Liberalization Increase the Likelihood of a Systemic Banking Crisis? Evidence from the Past Three Decades and the Great Depression by Arthur E. Wilmarth Jr. The Federal Home Loan Bank System and the Farm Credit System: Historic Parallels and Implications for Systemic Risk by David Nickerson and Ronnie J. Phillips Too Big to Fail in the Banking Industry: A Survey by Marcelo Dabos Too Big to Fail in U.S. Banking: Quo Vadis? by George G. Kaufman The Fall and Rise of Banking Safety-Net Subsidies by Joe Peek and James A. Wilcox International Perspectives Too Big to Fail: The Australian Perspective by Chris Terry and Rowan Trayler Too Big to Fail: A Taxonomic Analysis by Steven A. Seelig Avoiding a Permanent Banking Crisis: The Hungarian Banking Sector in the 1990s by Julia Kiraly and Eva Varhegyi Banking in Japan: Will "Too Big to Fail" Prevail? by Adrian Rixtel, Yupana Wiwattanakantang, Toshiyuki Souma, and Kazunori Suzuki Too Big or Not Too Big to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Enron Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Too Big to Fail? by Benton E. Gup Enron: Not Too Big to Fail by Benton E. Gup

About the Author

BENTON E. GUP holds the Robert Hunt Cochrane-Alabama Bankers Association Chair of Banking at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. He is the editor or author of numerous books, including The Future of Banking (2003), Megamergers in a Global Economy: Causes and Consequences (2002), and The New Financial Architecture: Banking Regulation in the 21st Century (2001), all published by Quorum Books.

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