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A pure bureaucratic-entrepreneurial theory of deposit insurance adoption
Chu, Kam Hon - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 13 (2021) 3, pp. 253-291
Based on Becker, Kane, Niskanen, and Peltzman's ideas, we develop a model to explain why deposit insurance is adopted even though policymakers are aware of its pitfalls in both theory and practice. In our model, the regulator acts as both a bureaucrat and an entrepreneur to maximize his...
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Short changed? : the market's reaction to the short sale ban of 2008
Gagnon, Louis; Witmer, Jonathan - 2009
Do short sales restrictions have an impact on security prices? We address this question in the context of a natural experiment surrounding the short sale ban of 2008 using a comprehensive sample of Canadian stocks cross-listed in the U.S. Among financial stocks, which were singled out by the ban...
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Regulation of Canadian Capital Markets in the 1990s : The United States in the Driver's Seat
Jordan, Cally - 2009
This Article looks at the regulatory techniques that were adopted in a small but developed market, Canada, in response to the increasing integration of the North American economy and internationalization of capital markets. One of the most comprehensive experiments was the Multijurisdictional...
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On the systemic relevance of the insurance industry : is a macroprudential insurance regulation necessary?
Bach, Wolfgang; Nguyen, Tristan - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 1, pp. 127-149
The paper examines whether there is an economic justification for a macroprudential approach to insurance regulation … based on the normative theory of regulation. First, the paper elaborates some basic foundations, such as the … characterisation of a macroprudential approach to financial regulation as well as an explanation of the functions the insurance …
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Regulatory reform in the intercity bus industry : an international comparison ; submitted to: Royal Commission on Passenger Transportation
Kanada / Commission on National Passenger … - 1992
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Budget issues : privatization - divestiture practices in other nations ; report to the Honorable Scott Klug, House of Representatives
Klug, Scott (contributor) - 1995
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Solvency regulation in the property/casualty insurance industry
Munch, Patricia; Smallwood, Dennis E. - 1979
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Are Canadian pension plans disadvantaged by the current structure of portfolio regulation?
Davis, E. Philip (contributor); Hu, Yu-Wei (contributor) - 2008
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The development of risk-based regulation in financial services : just "modelling through"?
Black, Julia - In: Regulatory innovation : a comparative analysis, (pp. 156-180). 2005
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"Freedom with publicity" : the actuarial profession and United Kingdom insurance regulation from 1844 to 1945
Booth, P. - In: Annals of actuarial science : publ. by the Institute of … 2 (2007) 1, pp. 115-145
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