E pluribus unum? Authorities' design in financial supervision: Trends and determinants

Open Economies Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-102

  Masciandaro, Donato ^a,b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central bank; Financial supervision; Single authority

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 32044432139     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-006-4739-7     Document Type: Article

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