Revised edition of the authors' c2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction 1,
2 Banks and Informational Frictions 17,
3 The Industrial Organization Approach to Banking 37,
4 The Lender-Borrower Relationship 69,
5 The Macroeconomic Consequences of Financial
Imperfections 93,
6 Bank Runs, Bank Panics, and the Lender of Last Resort 129,
7 Liquidity 149,
8 Banking Regulation: The Microprudential Approach 169,
9 Systemic Risk and Macroprudential Regulation 191,
Notes 207
References 208
Index 211

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