Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to chart the chronology of insurance regulation in Ireland and evaluate the … insurance regulation in Ireland and establish the stakeholders in the insurance industry that are affected by regulation. The … various aspects of the EU involvement in regulation were also listed. Findings – Ireland is one of the few countries that has …

/or the usefulness of financial market regulation. This topic has many alternative dimensions, one of which concerns the … criteria that have governed the regulation process with respect to the derivative listing in the Athens Derivatives Exchange …

Purpose – The financial crisis that started in 2007 has led to a re‐thinking of financial regulation and supervision …

, particularly small and medium‐sized firms, within the scope of regulation, the main purpose of which is to address systemic risk …, may result in over‐regulation.  …

it is a complement or substitute of prudential regulation in the insurance markets. Market discipline is intended as “the … hypothesis is that if market discipline works as complementary to prudential regulation, the response of the insured is expected … to be weaker than if market discipline acts as a substitute to prudential regulation. Design/methodology/approach – The …

generating costly negative spillover effects on the whole economy. Moreover, rules‐based regulation, however carefully …

research, 16 of them accepted. Findings – The authors observed a resolute adjustment to the regulations in terms of …, with growing operational complexity in a framework of principle‐based regulation.  …

rarely discussed before in financial regulation, while it is extensively discussed in market microstructure (but on the …

initiatives of collective self regulation rather than more prescriptive regulation.  …