Publications
Publications
- June 2009
- Journal of Finance
Level Playing Fields in International Financial Regulation
By: Lucy White and Alan Morrison
Abstract
We analyze the desirability of level playing fields in international financial regulation. In general, level playing fields impose the standards of the weakest regulator upon the best-regulated economies. However, they may be desirable when capital is mobile because they counter a cherry-picking effect that lowers the size and efficiency of banks in weaker economies. Hence, while a laissez faire policy favours the better-regulated economy, level playing fields are good for weaker regulators. We show that multinational banking mitigates the cherrypicking effect, and reduces the damage that a level playing field causes in the better-regulated economy.
Keywords
Economy; International Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards; Banking Industry
Citation
White, Lucy, and Alan Morrison. "Level Playing Fields in International Financial Regulation." Journal of Finance 64, no. 3 (June 2009): 1099–1142.