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Regulatory independence forms a foundation for modern financial systems. To illuminate the value of this ubiquitous institution, we examine a Progressive Era policy experiment in which hitherto independent regulators came under gubernatorial supervision. After this change, failure rates declined...
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Defects in the corporate governance of government-owned enterprises tempt opportunistic officials to breach duties of public stewardship. Corporate-governance theory suggests that incentive-based deferred compensation could intensify the force that common-law duties actually exert on regulatory...
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Regulation consists of rulemaking and enforcement. Economic theory offers two complementary rationales for regulating financial institutions. Altruistic public-benefits theories treat rules as governmental instruments for increas- ing fairness and efficiency across society as a whole....
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This paper sets forth a discussion framework for the information requirements of systemic financial regulation. It specifically describes a potentially large macro-micro database for the U.S. based on an extended version of the Flow of Funds. I argue that such a database would have been of...
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I use a large cross country data set and panel probit analysis to investigate the way in which the interaction between trade and financial openness affect the probability of external crises. This analysis is related to debate on the adequate sequencing of reform. I also investigate the role...
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One traditional and oft-repeated explanation of the political impetus behind free banking connects the rise of Jacksonian populism and a rejection of the privileges associated with corporate chartering. A second views free banking as an ill-informed inflationist, pro business response to the...
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deregulation in China. Such deregulation leads to higher screening standards, lower interest rates, and lower delinquency rates for …
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China in the coming years. China had been a prime example of exported growth, benefiting from learning by doing, and by …, and the Global Financial Crisis forced China toward rebalancing, which is a work in progress. Reflecting on the …
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We provide a comprehensive review of China's financial system, and explore directions of future development. First, the … resources in the economy has been limited and ineffective. We discuss issues related to the further development of China's stock … China are those that reduce the likelihood of damaging financial crises, including a banking sector crisis, a real estate or …
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We argue that China's rising shadow banking was inextricably linked to potential balance-sheet risks in the banking … banking (the banking system) in China …
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