This paper examines the evolution of financial supervision as a policy tool over the last three
decades, with a focus on the issues raised by the Global Crisis. It considers a sample of …

In this paper the authors note that, over the last decade, in many countries the financial
supervisory functions that were once performed by central banks have been combined with …

Examines the relationship between two recent developments in regulation and supervision
of banking, financial and insurance markets: unification of supervision, and the …

This paper analyses how the role of the central bank can influence the unification of the
overall financial supervision architecture. We claim that the policymaker's choices can be …

This book fills a gap in academic literature on the politics and public policy aspects of central
banking in Europe, by conducting a theoretically-informed and empirically-grounded …

An increasing number of countries show a trend towards a certain degree of consolidation of
powers in financial supervision, which has resulted in the establishment of unified …

This paper presents an analysis of recent trends and determinants in the architectures of
financial supervision, focused on the authorities design. We propose a path dependence …

In response to the current financial crisis, many countries are considering reforms in their
supervisory regimes, while others, who went through a round of reforms before the crisis, are …

Financial regulation and supervision (or “regulators” and “supervisors”) are terms that are
often used interchangeably. Yet, they reflect separate activities and are typically performed …

Almost all the literature on the evolution of the financial supervision architecture stresses the
importance of financial market characteristics in determining the recent trend toward more …