This article compares the direct regulation of hedge funds in the U.S. prior to the Dodd-Frank Act with the direct … regulatory measures to address potential systemic risks of hedge funds ensued in its aftermaths. The direct regulation involves … regulatory measures focusing immediately on the regulation of the target industry. In contrast, the imperatives or commands of …

The literature on regulation has typically emphasized the ability of concentrated interest groups to secure the rules …‐roots advocacy groups for more stringent regulation. As a result, Dodd‐Frank Act falls far short of a thorough‐going redesign of the … legislation: macroprudential regulation, consumer protection, reestablishment of the partition between deposit banking versus …

This article explores how the theory of, “responsive regulation,” might guide historical inquiry into the American … origins of the global financial crisis. Part I of the article briefly lays out some key ideas of the, “responsive regulation … regulation over the past two generations. Part II addresses the conflicting aims of financial regulation since the 1970s …

limited by regulation largely to retail deposits and mortgages. Graphic television news pictures showed very long queues …