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While systemic risk—the risk of wholesale failure of banksand other financial institutions—is generally consideredto be the primary reason for supervision and regulation of thebanking industry, almost all regulatory rules treat such risk inisolation. In particular, they do not account for...
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This morning, I would like to give a few practical commentson capital adequacy from an insurance companyperspective. In … doing so, I will present two views on capitaladequacy and capital allocation in the insurance industry.The first view is the … those requirements,and the relationship between regulatory capital amountsand the actual risks facing insurance companies …
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A large literature studies bank regulatory policies intendedto control moral hazard problems associated with depositinsurance and optimal regulatory design. Much of theanalysis has focused on uniform bank capital requirements,risk-based capital requirements, risk-based or fairly pricedinsurance...
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provider of mutual insurance in the late 19th century, the friendly societies. These theories share common implications with …
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order to illuminate current debates about pension‘reform’. Much of the present discussion depicts social insurance ‘crisis …) nature of crisesthat have plagued social insurance regimes in both countries. It also identifies what may belearnt from …
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likely implications of the reformsfor pensioner poverty, income security in old age, economic growth, theNational Insurance … improved provisionthrough National Insurance Contributions will mean that the burden ofpaying for the new scheme will be …
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This report summarises presentations and discussion at a seminar, organised by LSE Housingand CASE, which took place at the London School of Economics on 7th July 1998. The eventwas chaired by Professor Howard Glennerster (LSE and Chairman of STICERD), and thespeakers were Professor William...
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Few micro…nance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneur-ship. This paper considers one possible explanation: that the structure ofexisting micro…nance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected returninvestments. To explore this possibility, I develop a theory that uni…es...
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