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  • Financial Market Regulation

    Legislation and Implications

    Edited by John A. Tatom ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    What role should regulation play in financial markets? What have been the ramifications of financial regulation? To answer these and other questions regarding the efficacy of legislation on financial markets, this book examines the impact of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), also called the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, which fundamentally changed the financial landscape in the United ... Read more

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  • China's Emerging Financial Markets

    Challenges and Opportunities

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    China’s emerging financial markets reflect the usual contrast between the country’s measured approach toward policy, regulatory, and market reform, and the dynamic pace of rapid economic growth and development. But they also offer unusual challenges and opportunities. In the past five years, the pace of opening and reform has accelerated sharply. Recapitalization and partial privatization of the ... Read more

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