Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Why are there Banks? -- 2. The Business Lines of a Bank -- 3. Basic Concepts of Risk Management -- 4. Market Risk and Value at Risk Analysis -- 5. The Loan Contract -- 6. Credit Rationing -- 7. Credit Risk -- 8. Securitization and Shadow Banking -- 9. Investment Banking and Corporate Finance -- 10. Payments -- 11. Competition and Risk Taking -- 12. Irregularities in the Banking Sector -- 13. Operational Risk -- 14. Liquidity Shocks, Bank Runs and the Interbank Market -- 15. Deposit Insurance -- 16. Lenders of Last Resort and Central Banks -- 17. Reorganization of Banks -- 18. Capital Regulation and the Basel Accords -- References -- Index.