Will they sing the same tune? : Measuring convergence in the new European system of financial supervisors

Will they sing the same tune? : Measuring convergence in the new European system of financial supervisors / Donato Masciandaro, Maria J. Nieto and Marc Quintyn.

In June 2009 a new financial supervisory framework for the European Union (EU) was endorsed, consisting of a macro- and a micro-prudential pillar. The latter is composed of a Steering Committee, a supranational layer and a network of national supervisory authorities at the bottom, de facto establish...

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Main Authors: Masciandaro, Donato, 1961- (Author), Nieto, Maria J. (Author), Quintyn, Marc (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/09/142.
Subjects:
Finance > State supervision.
Banks and banking, Central > State supervision.
Banks and banking, Central > State supervision
Finance > State supervision
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction; II. A European Supervisory Structure is Born; III. Review of Supervisory Architectures; A. Closer analysis of the EU supervisory landscape; B. Potential policy implications of polarization; IV. Convergence in Supervisory Governance; A. Measuring Independence; B. Measuring Accountability; C. Is There Governance Convergence Within the EU?; V. Conclusions and Policy Considerations; References; Figures; 1 Financial Supervisory Regimes: number of reforms per year (1998-2008); 2 FSU Index distribution; 3 CBFA Index distribution; 4 Financial Supervision Regimes
  • 5 Institutional Independence: Cross-country convergence6 Regulatory & Supervisory Independence: Cross-country convergence; 7 Budgetary independence: Cross-country convergence; 8 Political accountability: Cross-country convergence; 9 Judiciary accountability: Cross-country convergence; 10 Transparency: Cross-country convergence; 11 Total independence: Cross-country convergence; 12 Overall accountability Cross-country convergence; 13 Independence and Accountability: scatter-plot; 14 Independence and Accountability inside and outside the Central Bank
  • 14A: Independence Indices inside and outside the Central Bank14B: Accountability Indices inside and outside the Central Bank; Tables; 1. The Institutional Indicators; 2. Independence Criteria; 3. Accountability Criteria; Annexes; Annex
  • The European Framework for Safeguarding Financial Stability

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