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The political economy of finance and regulatory capture : evidence from the US Congress

Silano, Filippo - 2023

Congress roll call votes on financial liberalisation were biased by industry-led campaign contributions and lobbying activities …

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Bank lobbying : regulatory capture and beyond

Igan, Deniz; Lambert, Thomas - 2019

In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences … through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the … interpreted as a call for an outright ban of lobbying, they point in the direction of a need for rethinking the framework …

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The interest ecology of financial regulation : interest group plurality in the design of financial regulatory policies

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The politics of foreclosures

Agarwal, Sumit; Amromin, Gene; Ben-David, Itzhak - 2017

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Studies on issues in political economy since the Global Financial Crisis

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Die Dissertation behandelt in vier Kapiteln Themen zu den Ursprüngen und Auswirkungen der globalen Finanzkrise 2007 …-8. Nach der Einleitung untersucht Kapitel 2, warum autoritäre Regime im Vergleich zu Demokratien vor und nach der Finanzkrise …

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Studies on Issues in Political Economy since the Global Financial Crisis

Jäger, Kai - 2016

The dissertation includes four studies broadly connected to the causes and consequences of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8 from a political economy perspective. Following the intro-duction, Chapter 2 analyzes the political roots of massive foreign reserves accumulation, which has...