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We examine the political dynamics which led to the codification of the Principles and Standards for sound compensation practices at financial institutions at international (G 20) level and to their subsequent implementation on both sides of the Atlantic. We show that the regulation of bankers'...
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and political markets to spur deregulation and riskier lending and investment, which in turn contributes to the severity … profits. 2) These additional profits leads to calls for deregulation to enable the first class to participate in lucrative … lending or investment markets. 3) Deregulation allows the first class of institution either to compete with the second class …
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Reforming regulation of the financial sector is currently among the most immediate concerns of domestic and international policymakers. Proposals for such reform are proliferating, and the official sector appears committed to adopting at least some meaningful reforms in the near-term. Broadly...
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After a crisis, broad and sweeping reforms are enacted to restore trust. Following the 2007-2008 Great Financial Crisis, the European Union has engaged in an ambitious overhaul of banking regulation. One of its centerpieces, the 2013 Fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), tackles,...
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This paper analyses the challenges for financial regulation posed by new financial technologies. It provides a conceptual framework incorporating both new financial products and services and new institutional arrangements including decentralised finance without intermediaries. Four possible...
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This paper looks into various means of regulating pharmaceuticals and their effects on the structure of the international pharmaceutical industry. Regulation adds complexity to the activities of a firm. This complexity is multiplied, if different countries apply different sets of regulations....
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One of the most heated debates in the current efforts to re-write the Communications Act has been whether the federal government should impose "Network Neutrality" requirements on broadband service providers. While we argue neither for nor against the need for Network Neutrality legislation in...
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