We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … ask two questions: i) how does capital regulation affect (endogenous) entry; and ii) how do (exogenous) changes in the … competitive environment affect bank monitoring choices and the effectiveness of capital regulation? Our approach deviates from the …

We study the regulation of a utility firm which is active in a competitive unregulated sector as well. If the firm … and quantity competition) and also optimal regulation. Accounting for the several effects of regulation on the unregulated … market, we show the existence of an informational externality, in that regulation provides useful information to the rival …