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In recent years, a strong tendency towards international harmonisation of banking regulation can be observed. In this paper, we investigate some of the problems involved in the corresponding strategic interaction between countries. Technically, we show that in a game-theoretic setting with two...
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If supranational public and private actors establish rules and standards, then it is of great concern whether those rules and standards have democratic legitimacy. The literature offers different measures to overcome these legitimacy concerns, such as the active participation by relevant...
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Shocks that hit part of the financial system, such as the subprime mortgage market in 2007, can propagate through a complex network of interconnections among financial and non-financial institutions. As the financial crisis of 2007-2009 has shown, the consequences for the entire economy of such...
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Shocks that hit part of the financial system, such as the subprime mortgage market in 2007, can propagate through a complex network of interconnections among financial and non-financial institutions. As the financial crisis of 2007-2009 has shown, the consequences for the entire economy of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867572
The Financial Sector Reforms Commission (FSLRC) which was set up in 2011 by the Ministry of Finance was mandated to study existing legislation and financial sector regulatory practices in India and to propose improvements. The FSLRC submitted its report in 2013 and four of its members recorded...
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This paper focuses on the consequences of cross-border banking and entry of multi-national banks (MNBs) for banking supervision and regulation. When a MNB expands internationally with subsidiaries, the MNB operates under the legislation of several countries - both the home country and the host...
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Business cycles imply liquidity risks for banks. This paper explores how these risks influence bank lending over the … cycle. With forward-looking banks, lending cycles, credit booms and busts, or suppressed and highly fragile bank systems can … unpleasant effects on bank lending. Imposing countercyclical capital adequacy ratio may amplify procyclicality or result in …
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After the destructive impact of the global financial crisis of 2008, many believe that pre-crisis financial market regulation did not take the "big picture" of the system suffciently into account and, subsequently, financial supervision mainly "missed the forest for the trees". As a result, the...
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This paper investigates the impact of regulatory stress test framework in the European Union on the banks conduct and portfolio adjustments. Our findings suggest that the banks subject to regulatory stress testing tend to structure their portfolios with lower risk density. However this does not...
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The global financial crisis underlined that sound and effective bank regulation is vital to financial stability … outbreak. The crisis reflected the failure of regulatory authorities to keep pace with financial innovation. Bank supervision … had been weak by any measure. Supervisors did not conduct regular onsite bank inspections or examinations of sufficient …
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