Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance

In the globalizing economy, national policymakers are often forced to accept the challenge of financial integration. Faced with the potentially destabilizing effects of international financial markets, they have to strengthen financial regulation,...

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Main Authors: Jordan, Cally, Majnoni, Giovanni
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-192242021-04-23T14:03:42Z Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance Jordan, Cally Majnoni, Giovanni ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ACTIONS ACTS ASSET MANAGEMENT ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AUTHORITY BANK LIABILITIES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL MOBILITY CAPITAL MOVEMENTS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS COAL CODES COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMON LAW CONDITIONALITY CONFIDENTIALITY CONSENSUS CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTION CONSUMER PROTECTION CONVERGENCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEBT DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISCLOSURE DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC STABILITY EUROPEAN UNION EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTEGRATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL REGULATION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FISCAL FIXED COSTS FOREIGN ENTITIES GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS HARMONIZATION INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT SERVICES LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL RULES LEGAL SYSTEM LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGAL TRANSPLANTS LEGISLATION LEGITIMACY MARKET DISCIPLINE MARKET FORCES MARKET INTEGRATION MEMBER COUNTRIES MERCHANT BANKING MONETARY POLICY MONETARY UNION MONETARY UNIONS MULTILATERAL LEVEL MUTUAL FUNDS MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PRACTICES NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY PAYMENT SYSTEMS PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONAL BODIES PUBLIC GOODS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS REGULATORY INTERVENTION REGULATORY REFORMS REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS REGULATORY SYSTEM REGULATORY SYSTEMS ROMAN LAW SECURITIES SOVEREIGNTY STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUPERVISORY AGENCIES SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES TAX COMPETITION TAXATION TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES In the globalizing economy, national policymakers are often forced to accept the challenge of financial integration. Faced with the potentially destabilizing effects of international financial markets, they have to strengthen financial regulation, importing international best practices and aligning domestic with foreign regulation, to avoid destabilizing phenomena of regulatory arbitrage. The authors explore the main features of the ongoing process of worldwide financial regulatory convergence and the role played by the global dissemination of financial standards and codes. They analyze the reasons behind the generalized acceptance of international best practices and the limits of the standards and codes approach to financial regulatory harmonization. 2014-08-01T19:50:56Z 2014-08-01T19:50:56Z 2002-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2050410/financial-regulatory-harmonization-globalization-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19224 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2919 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACTIONS
ACTS
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
AUTHORITY
BANK LIABILITIES
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL MOBILITY
CAPITAL MOVEMENTS
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
COAL
CODES
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMON LAW
CONDITIONALITY
CONFIDENTIALITY
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUENCIES
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTION
CONSUMER PROTECTION
CONVERGENCE
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
DEBT
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING PROCESS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISCLOSURE
DOMESTIC FIRMS
DOMESTIC MARKETS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC STABILITY
EUROPEAN UNION
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL REGULATION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FISCAL
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN ENTITIES
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
HARMONIZATION
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR
INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT SERVICES
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROVISIONS
LEGAL REFORMS
LEGAL RULES
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LEGAL TRANSPLANTS
LEGISLATION
LEGITIMACY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MARKET FORCES
MARKET INTEGRATION
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MERCHANT BANKING
MONETARY POLICY
MONETARY UNION
MONETARY UNIONS
MULTILATERAL LEVEL
MUTUAL FUNDS
MUTUAL RECOGNITION
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LAWS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL PRACTICES
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
PAYMENT SYSTEMS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
PUBLIC GOODS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS
REGULATORY INTERVENTION
REGULATORY REFORMS
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
REGULATORY SYSTEM
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
ROMAN LAW
SECURITIES
SOVEREIGNTY
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUPERVISORY AGENCIES
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES
TAX COMPETITION
TAXATION
TRADE INTEGRATION
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACTIONS
ACTS
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
AUTHORITY
BANK LIABILITIES
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL MOBILITY
CAPITAL MOVEMENTS
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
COAL
CODES
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMON LAW
CONDITIONALITY
CONFIDENTIALITY
CONSENSUS
CONSTITUENCIES
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTION
CONSUMER PROTECTION
CONVERGENCE
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
DEBT
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING PROCESS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISCLOSURE
DOMESTIC FIRMS
DOMESTIC MARKETS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC STABILITY
EUROPEAN UNION
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL REGULATION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FISCAL
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN ENTITIES
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
HARMONIZATION
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR
INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT SERVICES
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROVISIONS
LEGAL REFORMS
LEGAL RULES
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGAL SYSTEMS
LEGAL TRANSPLANTS
LEGISLATION
LEGITIMACY
MARKET DISCIPLINE
MARKET FORCES
MARKET INTEGRATION
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MERCHANT BANKING
MONETARY POLICY
MONETARY UNION
MONETARY UNIONS
MULTILATERAL LEVEL
MUTUAL FUNDS
MUTUAL RECOGNITION
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LAWS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL PRACTICES
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
PAYMENT SYSTEMS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
PUBLIC GOODS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS
REGULATORY INTERVENTION
REGULATORY REFORMS
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
REGULATORY SYSTEM
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
ROMAN LAW
SECURITIES
SOVEREIGNTY
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUPERVISORY AGENCIES
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES
TAX COMPETITION
TAXATION
TRADE INTEGRATION
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Jordan, Cally
Majnoni, Giovanni
Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2919
description In the globalizing economy, national policymakers are often forced to accept the challenge of financial integration. Faced with the potentially destabilizing effects of international financial markets, they have to strengthen financial regulation, importing international best practices and aligning domestic with foreign regulation, to avoid destabilizing phenomena of regulatory arbitrage. The authors explore the main features of the ongoing process of worldwide financial regulatory convergence and the role played by the global dissemination of financial standards and codes. They analyze the reasons behind the generalized acceptance of international best practices and the limits of the standards and codes approach to financial regulatory harmonization.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Jordan, Cally
Majnoni, Giovanni
author_facet Jordan, Cally
Majnoni, Giovanni
author_sort Jordan, Cally
title Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance
title_short Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance
title_full Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance
title_fullStr Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance
title_full_unstemmed Financial Regulatory Harmonization and the Globalization of Finance
title_sort financial regulatory harmonization and the globalization of finance
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2050410/financial-regulatory-harmonization-globalization-finance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19224
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