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Financial Structure and Incentives

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  • Martin ÄŒihák
  • Asli Demirgüç-Kunt

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The article connects two streams of recent research on the financial sector. The first is the regulation literature, which emphasises the central role of incentives in the financial sector. It points out that the challenge of financial sector regulation, highlighted by the global financial crisis, is to align private incentives with public interest without taxing or subsidising private risk-taking. The second stream of research relates to financial structures and examines the mix of financial institutions and financial markets in an economy. It finds that, as economies develop, services provided by financial markets become comparatively more important than those provided by banks. The article brings these two streams together, pointing out that — as financial systems develop from bank-based to market-based — a traditional regulatory approach that relies on banking ratios becomes less effective. There is thus a greater need for properly monitoring and addressing the underlying incentive weaknesses in market-based systems.

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  • Martin ÄŒihák & Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, 2012. "Financial Structure and Incentives," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 221(1), pages 23-30, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:niesru:v:221:y:2012:i:1:p:r23-r30
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