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Analyzing the Role for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency

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In the debate over the proposed establishment of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, much attention has been given to discussion of whether consumers are irrational or incompetent and therefore need paternalistic regulators to look after them, and whether inadequate consumer protection regulation was a contributor to the financial crisis. Arguments over these questions are misplaced. Consumer protection regulation is commonplace in financial markets, and is essential even where consumers are fully rational and financial crises are distant. The potential role for a CFPA should first be examined based on consideration of the benefits and shortcomings of current consumer protection regulation, and how a dedicated consumer protection regulator would be likely to change things. Specific details of proposed legislation that affect the structure and authority of a CFPA should be evaluated separately rather than being used to determine whether such an agency is a good idea or a bad one. Consideration of the general principles for and against establishment of an independent CFPA may help to illuminate the strengths and weaknesses of specific legislative proposals.

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  • Sharon Tennyson, 2009. "Analyzing the Role for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency," NFI Policy Briefs 2009-PB-13, Indiana State University, Scott College of Business, Networks Financial Institute.
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    1. John A. Tatom & Terrie Troxel, 2011. "A Report to the Federal Insurance Office," NFI Policy Briefs 2011-PB-07, Indiana State University, Scott College of Business, Networks Financial Institute.

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    banking; regulation; consumer protection; consumer financial protection agency;
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    JEL classification:

    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law

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