The structure and resilience of the financial system
Subtitle: proceedings of a conference held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli on 20-21 August 2007
By: editors, Christopher Kent, Jeremy Lawson.
Contributors: Lawson, Jeremy.; Kent, Christopher.; Reserve Bank of Australia.
Series: Proceedings of a conference held at the H.C. Coombs Centre for Financial Studies, Kirribilli -- 2007
Publisher: Reserve Bank of Australia
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: International finance -- Congresses.; Debt -- Congresses.; Financial institutions -- Congresses.; Banks and banking -- Congresses.; Globalization.; Finance -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The papers in this volume were commissioned with the aim of exploring the significant structural changes in the financial system over the past decade or so and the implications for policy-makers charged with the responsibility of maintaining financial system stability.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in an electronic version on the Internet. Address as of  02/01/2008:  http://www.rba.gov.au/PublicationsAndResearch/Conferences/2007/Conference_Volume_2007.pdf
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Christopher Kent and Jeremy Lawson; title: Change and Constancy in the financial system: implications for financial distress and policy / Claudio Borio; title: Risk and the transformation of the Australian financial system / Chris Ryan and Chris Thompson; title: The rise in US household indebtedness: causes and consequences / Karen E Dynan and Donald L Kohn; title: The rise of household indebtedness / Christopher Kent, Crystal Osslinski and Luke Willard; title: Finance and welfare states in globalising markets / Guiseppe Bertola; title: Banks, markets and liquidity / Franklin Allen and Elena Carletti; title: Innovation and integration in financial markets and the implications of financial stability / Rob Hamilton, Nigel Jenkinson and Adrian Penalver; title: Banking concentration, financial stability and public policy / Kevin Davis; title: Regulatory challenges of cross-border banking: possible ways forward / Stefan Ingves; title: The evolution of risk management - a prudential regulator's perspective / John Laker; title: Wrap-up discussion / Avinash D Persaud; title: Biographies of contributors; title: Glossary: alphabetical list of selected ISO country codes; title: List of conference participants; title: Other volumes in this series.