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The role of capital in optimal banking supervision and regulation

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This paper was the keynote address at the conference \\"Financial services at the crossroads: capital regulation in the twenty-first century.\\" The conference, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 26-27, 1998, was designed to encourage a consensus between the public and private sectors on an agenda for capital regulation in the new century.

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  • Alan Greenspan, 1998. "The role of capital in optimal banking supervision and regulation," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vol. 4(Oct), pages 163-168.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednep:y:1998:i:oct:p:163-168:n:v.4no.3
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