Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-537) and index.

Part I: A chronological presentation of crisis events January 2007 - December 2014 page 1-142

Part II: Bail-out and/or bail-in of banks in Europe : A country-by-country event study on those European countries which did receive outside support page 143-148 -- 1. United Kingdom : Northern rock, royal bank of Scotland (RBS), lloyds banking group page 149-174 -- 2. Germany : IKB, hypo real estate, commerzbank, Landesbanken page 175-190 -- 3. Belgium, France, Luxembourg : Dexia page 191-198 -- 4. Benelux : Fortis, ING, SNS reaal page 199-208 -- 5. Italy : Monte dei paschi di siena page 209-215 -- 6. Denmark : Roskilde bank, Fionia bank and the others vs. Amagerbanken and fjordbank mors page 216-224

Part III: Bail-out and/or bail-in of banks in Europe : A country-by-country event study on those European countries which received IMF/EU support page 225-226 -- 7. Iceland : Landsbanki, glitnir and kaupthing page 227-236 -- 8. Ireland : Anglo irish bank, bank of Ireland, allied irish banks page 237-258 -- 9. Greece : Emporiki, eurobank, agricultural bank page 259-266 -- 10. Portugal : Caixa geral, banco espirito santo, millennium bank page 267-269 -- 11. Spain : Bankia and the other ex-cajas page 270-277 -- 12. Cyprus : Bank of cyprus, popular bank (laiki) page 278-284

Part IV: The TARP program and the bailing out (and bailing in) of US banks page 285-286 -- 13. The roles of the FDIC, the treasury and the fed in the crisis page 287-302 -- 14. USA : Bear stearns, merrill lynch and lehman brothers page 303-333 -- 15. USA : Countrywide, indymac, Washington mutual and wachovia page 334-357 -- 16. USA : AIG, Citibank and bank of America : Zombies too big to fail? page 358-388

Part V: Summary of the micro studies page 389-394

Part VI: Political and regulatory responses to the crisis: To bail out or to bail in, that's the question page 395-396 -- 17. Future bail-outs in the United States under dodd-frank and OLA page 397-436 -- 18. Future bail-outs in the European Union under the single resolution mechanism and the bank recovery and resolution directive page 437-478

Conclusion: Toward host-country supervision and resolution? page 479-486