The disciplinary power of accounting-based regulation: the case of building societies, circa 1960
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- Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo & Noguchi, Masayoshi, 2011. "Auditors and the supervision of retail finance: evidence from two small-sized building societies, 1976-1978," MPRA Paper 32193, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Keywords
accounting-based regulation; House Purchase and Housing Act; 1959 (HPHA59); Building Societies Act; 1960 (BSA60); Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies (CRFS); the Building Societies Association (Association); disciplinary power; reserve ratio;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N8 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
- N2 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2011-02-05 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-BAN-2011-02-05 (Banking)
- NEP-HIS-2011-02-05 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-REG-2011-02-05 (Regulation)
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