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Should Financial Sector Regulators Be Independent?

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  • Mr. Marc G Quintyn
  • Mr. Michael W Taylor

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In nearly every major financial crisis of the past decade-from East Asia to Russia, Turkey, and Latin America-political interference in financial sector regulation helped make a bad situation worse. Political pressures not only weakened financial regulation, but also hindered regulators and supervisors from taking action against troubled banks. This paper investigates why, to fulfill their mandate to preserve financial sector stability, financial sector regulators and supervisors need to be independent-from the financial services industry as well as from the government-as well as accountable.

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  • Mr. Marc G Quintyn & Mr. Michael W Taylor, 2004. "Should Financial Sector Regulators Be Independent?," IMF Economic Issues 2004/001, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfeci:2004/001
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    1. International Monetary Fund, 2006. "Regulatory Capture in Banking," IMF Working Papers 2006/034, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Prast, H.M., 2007. "Who pays for Banking Supervision?," Other publications TiSEM 2ef7a617-610e-4d00-a072-f, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    3. Kenneth Kaoma Mwenda, 2006. "Legal Aspects of Financial Services Regulation and the Concept of a Unified Regulator," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 6952.
    4. Lara Scicluna & Sharon Seychell & Jonathan Spiteri & Simon Grima, 2019. "The Maltese Financial Services Industry’s Perception on the Regulators: An Empirical Analysis," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(1), pages 16-51.
    5. Albulescu, Claudiu Tiberiu, 2008. "Central Bank or Single Financial Supervision Authority: The Romanian Case," MPRA Paper 17225, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 10 Jan 2009.
    6. Athanassiou, Phoebus, 2011. "Financial sector supervisors' accountability: a european perspective," Legal Working Paper Series 12, European Central Bank.

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