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Americans expect federal regulation to accomplish many important things, such as protecting the country from financial … fraudsters, preventing workplace injuries, preserving clean air, and deterring terrorist attacks. Regulation also requires … tradeoffs—there is no such thing as a free lunch. Depending on the regulation, consumers may pay more, workers may receive less …
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In the wake of the global financial crisis (GFC), many nations embarked on reform to the financial regulatory system. This reform, unprecedented in its scope, touched virtually every part of the financial system in the United States and Western Europe. This article summarizes the key reforms,...
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innovations and lenient government regulation are at the root of the current financial crisis and recession. Combined with a long … argued that we need to change the way we approach the regulation of financial institutions and look at what has been done in … other sectors of the economy, where regulation and supervision are proactive and carefully implemented in order to guarantee …
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We investigate whether globalization influenced credit market deregulation over the period 1970-2010. Globalization is measured by the KOF indices of globalization. Credit market deregulation is measured by the credit market freedom indicators of the Fraser Institute. The results from both...
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We exploit the introduction of free banking laws in US states during the 1837-1863 period to examine the impact of removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic stability in this period, we are able to isolate the...
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innovations and lenient government regulation are at the root of the current financial crisis and recession. Combined with a long … argued that we need to change the way we approach the regulation of financial institutions and look at what has been done in … other sectors of the economy, where regulation and supervision are proactive and carefully implemented in order to guarantee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156908
innovations and lenient government regulation are at the root of the current financial crisis and recession. Combined with a long … argued that we need to change the way we approach the regulation of financial institutions and look at what has been done in … other sectors of the economy, where regulation and supervision are proactive and carefully implemented in order to guarantee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156910
Despite ample research demonstrating many consequences of bank geographic deregulation, the bank capital determinants literature has not directly tested the effects of this deregulation. This paper fills this important research gap. We find strong evidence that geographic deregulation...
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We investigate whether globalization influenced credit market deregulation over the period 1970-2010. Globalization is measured by the KOF indices of globalization. Credit market deregulation is measured by the credit market freedom indicators of the Fraser Institute. The results from both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021420
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