Is One Watchdog Better than Three? International Experience with Integrated Financial-Sector Supervision (in English)
Čihák, Martin; Podpiera, Richard
Year: 2006 Volume: 56 Issue: 3 -4 Pages: 102-126
Abstract: Over the past two decades, there has been a clear trend toward integrating the regulation and supervision of banks, nonbank financial institutions, and securities markets. This paper reviews the international experience with integrated supervision. The authors survey the theoretical arguments for and against the integrated supervisory model, and use data on compliance with international standards to assess the validity of some of these arguments. The find that (i) integration is associated with a higher quality of supervision in insurance and securities and a higher consistency of supervision across sectors, after controlling for level of development; and (ii) integrated supervision is not associated with a significant reduction in supervisory staff.
JEL classification: G18, G28, K20, L50
Keywords: financial sector; financial-services regulation; integrated supervision; prudential supervision; supervisory agencies
RePEc: http://ideas.repec.org/a/fau/fauart/v56y2006i3-4p102-126.html
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