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The Domino Effect and the Supervision of the Banking System
Author(s) -
PAROUSH JACOB
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the journal of finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 18.151
H-Index - 299
eISSN - 1540-6261
pISSN - 0022-1082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1988.tb03965.x
Subject(s) - domino effect , redundancy (engineering) , externality , domino , financial stability , business , risk analysis (engineering) , actuarial science , industrial organization , economics , microeconomics , reliability engineering , financial system , engineering , law , political science , biochemistry , chemistry , catalysis
The paper models the domino effect and defines a measurement for the necessity of banking supervision. The effect of several factors, such as the desired stability of the banking system, its size, the amount of negative externalities that are considered by banks, and supervisory costs, on the necessity of supervision are studied. For instance, it was found that, under certain circumstances, supervision becomes less essential if the number of banks increases. The paper has also emphasized that objective difficulties in the supervision of banks, by simply imposing restrictions on their activities, are intrinsic to the operation of the banks themselves. The paper provides some insight into the current debate as to the necessity or redundancy of supervision and regulation.