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Bank Deregulation and Racial Inequality in America
Levine, Ross; Rubinstein, Yona; Levkov, Alexey - In: Critical Finance Review 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-48
We use the cross-state, cross-time variation in bank deregulation across the U.S. states to assess how improvements in banking systems affected the labor market opportunities of black workers. Bank deregulation from the 1970s through the 1990s improved bank efficiency, lowered entry barriers...
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Co-operative and competitive enforced self regulation: The role of governments, private actors and banks in corporate responsibility
Ojo, Marianne - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 19 (2011) May, pp. 139-155
fostered through monitoring and the involvement of governments in the regulation of firms. Design/methodology/approach – In …” view of government is advanced as having a fundamental role in the regulation and supervision of banks. Findings … – Governments have a vital role to play in corporate responsibility and regulation given the fact that banks are costly and …
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An autopsy of the US financial system: accident, suicide, or negligent homicide
Levine, Ross - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 2 (2010) August, pp. 196-213
Purpose – The purpose of this postmortem is to assess whether the design, implementation, and maintenance of financial policies during the period from 1996 through 2006 were primary causes of the financial system's demise. Design/methodology/approach – To draw conclusions about the policy...
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The growing importance of risk in financial regulation
Ojo, Marianne - In: Journal of Risk Finance 11 (2010) May, pp. 249-267
risk in regulation, but also to justify why risk has become so significant within regulatory and governmental circles … reference to two forms of risk regulation, namely risk-based regulation and meta regulation. As well as a consideration of the … and risk-based regulation. Findings – This paper concludes that all regulatory strategies should take into consideration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610649
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The growing importance of risk in financial regulation
Ojo, Marianne - In: Journal of Risk Finance 11 (2010) May, pp. 249-267
risk in regulation, but also to justify why risk has become so significant within regulatory and governmental circles … reference to two forms of risk regulation, namely risk-based regulation and meta regulation. As well as a consideration of the … and risk-based regulation. Findings – This paper concludes that all regulatory strategies should take into consideration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815073
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Regulatory federalism and industrial policy in broadband telecommunications
Montolio, Daniel; Trillas, Francesc - In: Information Economics and Policy 25 (2013) 1, pp. 18-31
We analyse the impact of regulation, industrial policy and jurisdictional allocation on broadband deployment using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010666200
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Telecommunications Policies: Measurement and Determinants
Gual, Jordi; Trillas, Francesc - In: Review of Network Economics 5 (2006) 2, pp. 249-272
This paper presents new data on telecommunications reform for a cross section of countries. We measure telecommunications reform along two dimensions: entry barriers and regulatory independence. This data set is combined with a comprehensive set of performance, institutional and political data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685445
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Bank regulation and supervision in 180 countries from 1999 to 2011
Barth, James R.; Jr, Gerard Caprio; Levine, Ross - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 5 (2013) 2, pp. 111-219
that the regulation and supervision of banks varies widely across countries in many different dimensions. Furthermore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685890
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Finance and Inequality: Theory and Evidence
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Levine, Ross - In: Annual Review of Financial Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 287-318
In this paper, we critically review the literature on finance and inequality, highlighting substantive gaps in the literature. Finance plays a crucial role in the preponderance of theories of persistent inequality. Unsurprisingly, therefore, economic theory provides a rich set of predictions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776997