1st Edition
Banking Reform in Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Edited By Jacek Rostowski
Copyright 1995
244 Pages
by
Central European University Press
From Berlin to the Bering Strait, the business of banking has sprung to life. This analysis considers the impact of banking reform on macroeconomic stabilization and the suitability of universal banks, the role of banking regulation and the advantages of 'narrow banks' during transition, the cleaning up of bad debts, and the reform of the payments system. The book assesses the lessons which can... Read more
List of Contributors, Acknowledgements, I Introduction (Jacek Rostowski)2 The Banking System, Credit and the Real Sector in Transition Economies (Jacek Rostowski)3 Financial Sector Design, Regulation and Deposit Insurance in Eastern Europe (Arnaud W. A. Boot and Sweder van Wijnbergen)4 Lessons from Bad Loan Management in the East Central European Economic Transition for the Second Wave Reform Countries (Kalman Mizsei)Comment on Mizsei's 'Lessons' (Rumen Dolninsky)5 Banking Privatization Policy in Poland and Czechoslovakia (Kate Mortimer)6 Payment System Reform in Poland (Andrzej Topinski and Artur Struzynksi)7 Reforming the Banking System in Estonia (Arda Hansson)8 The First Stage of Banking Reform in Russia is Completed: What Lies Ahead? (Elena Zhuravskaya)9 Banking Reform in Ukraine (A.R Latter)10 Banking Reform in the Republic of Georgia (Lado Gurgenidze)11 Banking in Romania (Daniel Daianu)Index
Biography
Jacek Rostowski, economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland.
