THE ECONOMICS OF BANKING

THE ECONOMICS OF BANKING

THE ECONOMICS OF BANKING

There are a number of good books on banking in the market; so, why should the
authors write another one and, more importantly, why should the student be
burdened with an additional one? Books on banking tend to be focused on the
management of the bank and, in particular, management of the balance sheet. Such
books are specialized reading for students of bank management or administration.
Students of economics are used to studying behaviour (individual and corporate) in
the context of optimizing behaviour subject to constraints. There is little in the
market that examines banking in the context of economic behaviour. What little
there is, uses advanced technical analysis suitable for a graduate programme in
economics or combines economic behaviour with case studies suitable for banking
MBA programmes. There is nothing that uses intermediate level microeconomics
that is suitable for an undergraduate programme or nonspecialist postgraduate
programmes

KENT MATTHEWS
and
JOHN THOMPSON