Regulating capital
Subtitle: setting standards for the international financial system
By: David Andrew Singer.
Series: Cornell studies in money
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780801445255
Subjects: International finance; International finance -- Law and legislation; International economic integration; Banking law -- International cooperation; Securities -- International cooperation; Insurance law -- International cooperation
Description: "Financial instability threatens the global economy. The volatility of capital movements across national borders has led many observers to argue for a reformed "global financial architecture," a body of consistent rules and institutions to prevent financial crises. Yet regulators have a decidedly mixed record in their attempts to create global standards for the financial system. David Andrew Singer seeks to explain the varying pressures on regulatory agencies to negotiate internationally acceptable rules and suggests that the variation is largely traceable to the different domestic political pressures faced by regulators."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : financial regulators and international relations; title: Capital regulation : a brief primer; title: Theoretical framework : regulators, legislatures, and domestic balancing; title: The road to the Basel Accord : international regulation in banking; title: Financial instability and regulatory divergence : international regulation in securities; title: Domestic fragmentation and regulatory divergence : international regulation in insurance; title: Conclusion : implications and future research.