Banking Regulation and Globalization

by Andreas Busch

Overview

This book contains detailed case studies on banking policy in four countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Switzerland). The main contribution of this book lies in a careful empirical study of a subject area most affected by the globalization of financial markets, namely the state regulation of the banking industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199218813
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/15/2009
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Andreas Busch holds a doctorate and a Habilitation in political science from the University of Heidelberg, where he also was Assistant Professor from 1993 to 2000. In 1997/98 he was John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Center for European Studies of Harvard University. He is Reader in European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations of Oxford University and a Fellow of Hertford College.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Globalization and State Capacity
2. The State and the Regulation of the Banking Sector
3. The United States: Deadlock through Fragmentation
4. The Federal Republic of Germany: Keeping the State at Arm's Length
5. The United Kingdom: Late Codication, Early Reform
6. Switzerland: High Risks, Joint Responsibilities
7. State and Banking Regulation in Comparative Perspective
8. Conclusion: National Institutions as Filters of Globalisation
Postscriptum: The 2007/08 subprime mortgage crisis and banking regulation
Bibliography