A regulator's dilemma and two-level games: Japan in the politics of international banking regulation

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-240

  Tamura, Kentaro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 0347588349     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/6.2.221     Document Type: Article

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