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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 findings are consistent with regulatory capture, which...
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, and effective regulation. Recent developments suggest that regulatory approaches and their legal foundations need to … augment entity-based regulation with increasing focus on activities and risks as market structure changes. This paper draws on …
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This paper examines the relationship between financial regulation and the current account in an intertemporal model of … the current account where financial regulation affects the current account through liquidity constraints. Greater … tested with an interacted panel VAR model where the coefficients are allowed to vary with the degree of financial regulation …
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We consider the optimality of various institutional arrangements for agencies that conduct macro-prudential regulation …
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Financial frictions have been identified as key factors affecting economic fluctuations and growth. But, can institutional reforms reduce financial frictions? Based on a canonical investment model, we consider two potential channels: (i) financial transaction costs at the firm level; and (ii)...
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This paper describes how behavioral elements are relevant to financial supervision, regulation, and central banking. It …
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We examine the extent to which regulations of entry and credit access are related to competition using data on 28 manufacturing sectors across 64 countries. A robust finding is that bureaucratic and costly entry regulations tend to hamper competition, as proxied by the price-cost margin, in the...
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This paper assesses whether and how financial development triggers the occurrence of banking crises. It builds on a database that includes financial development as well as financial access, depth and efficiency for almost 100 countries. Through estimation of a dynamic logit panel model, it...
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Back in 2009, G-20 leaders have called for all standardized over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to be cleared through central counterparties (CCPs). By now, 18 of the 24 Financial Stability Board (FSB) member jurisdictions have provided for mandatory central clearing frameworks in place, covering...
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Over the past two decades, there has been a clear trend toward integrating the regulation and supervision of banks …
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