THE 63rd INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Madrid, Spain
14-18 March 2007

SYMPOSIUM
Thursday 11h45 - 13h45

"Basel II: Unsettled Issues in Europe and the U.S."

Organizer: Edward J. Kane, Boston College

Chair: John M. Virgo, International Atlantic Economic Society

Gottfried Haber, University of Klagenfurt, Basel II: International Competition Issues

Richard J. Herring, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, The Rocky Road to Basel II Implementation in the U.S.

Edward J. Kane, Boston College, Basel II: A Contracting Perspective

Santiago Carbó Valverde, University of Grenada, Basel II and Bank Ownership in Europe

George J. Benston, Emory University, Basel II and Bankers' Propensity to Take or Avoid Excessive Risk