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Chapter 11: The Economics of Financial Regulation

Chapter 11: The Economics of Financial Regulation. 1. Deposit insurance (FDIC) to prevent bank failures Encourages asymmetric information and creates moral hazard . 2. Glass-Steagall restricted bank activities, separating commercial and investment banks

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Chapter 11: The Economics of Financial Regulation

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  1. Chapter 11: The Economics of Financial Regulation

  2. 1. Deposit insurance (FDIC) to prevent bank failures Encourages asymmetric information and creates moral hazard. 2. Glass-Steagall restricted bank activities, separating commercial and investment banks Less competitive industry, less innovation. 3. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) created to screen for adverse selection in public incorporations, offset asymmetric information, monitor moral hazard Increases costs of access to capital and thus entry to markets; decreases competition, discourages growth.

  3. More competition  consolidation More activities  conglomeration “Too big to fail” or the “Bigness Dilemma” Size creates efficiencies of scale and allows for diversification… does size create moral hazard?

  4. The Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) 1988 Basel I Measured Capitalization requirement by risk weighting: Ranking assets by risk and using their risk-adjusted, weighted average capital ratio. In conventional measures of capital requirements and liquidity, Capitalization requirement based on minimum leverage ratio = Capital/Assets, treating all assets as equally risky.

  5. The Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) 2008 Basel II (announced 2004) Three “pillars” of regulation: Capital Supervisory review process Market discipline

  6. The Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) 2008 Basel II (announced 2004) The supervisory review process assesses: C = Capital A = Asset quality M = Management E = Earnings L = Liquidity (reserves) S = Sensitivity to market risk Three “pillars” of regulation: Capital Supervisory review process Market discipline

  7. The Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) 2008 Basel II (announced 2004) Problems of Capital assessment and Supervisory review process : • variables difficult to ascertain • variables difficult to verify • variables are volatile • off-balance sheet activities • low motivation for regulators • Asymmetric information • Principle agent Three “pillars” of regulation: Capital Supervisory review process Market discipline

  8. The Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) 2008 Basel II (announced 2004) Market discipline: • Bank regulators should see themselves as aides, as helping bank depositors (and other creditors of the bank) and stockholders to keep the bankers in line. • Most important in less-developed countries where regulators are more likely to be “on the take.” Three “pillars” of regulation: Capital Supervisory review process Market discipline

  9. The Bank for International Settlements (Basel, Switzerland) 2019 Basel III (announced 2004) • U.S. implementation of Basel II was disrupted by the worst financial dislocation in 80 years. • Intense lobbying pressure combined with the uncertainties created by the 2008 crisis led to numerous changes and implementation delays.

  10. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act (2010) mandates the creation of a new: • Financial Stability Oversight Council • Office of Financial Research • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; • Advanced warning system that will attempt to identify and address systemic risks before they threaten financial institutions and markets.

  11. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Actalso calls for: • More stringent capital and liquidity requirements for LCFIs • Tougher regulation of systemically important non-bank financial companies • The breakup of LCFIs, if necessary • Tougher restrictions on bailouts • More transparency for asset-backed securities and other “exotic” financial instruments • Improved corporate governance rules designed to give shareholders more say over the structure of executive compensation.

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