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Since his appointment in the summer of 2009, the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, has introduced a spate of reforms in response to the global financial crisis and the mismanagement of certain Nigerian banks. This article briefly reviews the history of Nigerian banking...
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deregulation process. We find that once the geographic deregulation process finishes, inter-regional mergers between savings banks … will be mergers between savings and commercial banks. -- branch deregulation ; mergers ; optimal behavior ; Spanish banking …
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The debate over the political power of business has witnessed a revival after the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. We begin by arguing that business political fragmentation or unity has important consequences for policy outcomes. The structure of the U.S. government is conducive to...
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We examine the political dynamics which led to the codification of the Principles and Standards for sound compensation practices at financial institutions at international (G 20) level and to their subsequent implementation on both sides of the Atlantic. We show that the regulation of bankers'...
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and political markets to spur deregulation and riskier lending and investment, which in turn contributes to the severity … profits. 2) These additional profits leads to calls for deregulation to enable the first class to participate in lucrative … lending or investment markets. 3) Deregulation allows the first class of institution either to compete with the second class …
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Bank deregulation in the form of the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act facilitated the entry of non-bank lenders into …
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Reforming regulation of the financial sector is currently among the most immediate concerns of domestic and international policymakers. Proposals for such reform are proliferating, and the official sector appears committed to adopting at least some meaningful reforms in the near-term. Broadly...
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After a crisis, broad and sweeping reforms are enacted to restore trust. Following the 2007-2008 Great Financial Crisis, the European Union has engaged in an ambitious overhaul of banking regulation. One of its centerpieces, the 2013 Fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), tackles,...
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This paper analyses the challenges for financial regulation posed by new financial technologies. It provides a conceptual framework incorporating both new financial products and services and new institutional arrangements including decentralised finance without intermediaries. Four possible...
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