01767cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014342 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484363720 2617-6750 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Laeven, Luc. Bank Size and Systemic Risk / Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski, Hui Tong. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (34 pages) Staff Discussion Notes <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The proposed SDN documents the evolution of bank size and activities over the past 20 years. It discusses whether this evolution can be explained by economies of scale or 'too big to fail' subsidies. The paper then presents evidence on the extent to which bank size and market-based activities contribute to systemic risk. The paper concludes with policy messages in the area of capital regulation and activity restrictions to reduce the systemic risk posed by large banks. The analysis of the paper complements earlier Fund work, including SDN 13/04 and the recent GFSR chapter on 'too big to fail' subsidies, and its policy message is in line with this earlier work. Mode of access: Internet Ratnovski, Lev. Tong, Hui. Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2014/004 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/006/2014/004/006.2014.issue-004-en.xml IMF e-Library