The paper focuses on financial regulation at an international level. More specifically, it looks on (a) the inherent … tensions of financial regulation in the first place (b) the added complexity when entering the international sphere and (c …) draws on some specific examples that help bring out several key issues of international financial regulation. Specific …

- such as the dynamics of financial innovation and globalization - remain relevant for the region. As the world embraces wide …

regulation on the probability of a crisis. We test this relationship by applying a Probit model of a non-linear specification to …: it rises as regulation stringency moves from low to medium levels and falls from medium to high levels. Countries located …

This article explores the effect of delays in updating prudential regulation on countries' likelihood of experiencing … banking crises, and it disentangles the impact of different aspects of regulation on crisis onset. I argue that delays in … revising banks' prudential regulation allow banks to adopt risky behavior. This increases a country's vulnerability to systemic …