The German State Banks: Global Players in the International Financial Markets Book

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	Preface
1	European integration and the landesbanks	1
2	The government in the German banking system	3
3	The competitive advantages of the public banks	26
4	Is government intervention in the banking sector justified? - irrelevant arguments	49
5	Should the government insure banks?	72
6	A plea for the reform of the capital market	91
App. 1	The history of banking in Germany	97
App. 2	The real aims of the landesbanks as revealed in press articles and the annual reports of the banks	103
App. 3	The increase in the balance sheet totals of the landesbanks and the Westdeutsche Immobilienbank	114
A3.1	The changes in the balance sheet totals of the landesbanks	114
A3.2	The theoretical balance sheet total of the Westdeutsche Immobilienbank in Mainz	122
App. 4	Outline of the Savings & Loan Association crisis	124
App. 5	Risk preference as the result of limiting liability - the theory of the S&L crisis	127
	Bibliography: articles and books	130
	Statistical sources, laws, news reports and newspapers	135
	Subject index	137
	Name index	139