Private actors and public policy: A requiem for the new basel capital accord

International Political Science Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  King, Michael R ^a   Sinclair, Timothy J ^b  

^a BANK OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Basel capital accord; Bond rating agencies; International financial regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038496796     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512103024003004     Document Type: Article

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