Exogenous shocks in subsystem adjustment and policy change: The credit crunch and Canadian banking regulation

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-53

  Williams, Russell Alan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banking; Canada; Financial services regulation; Globalisation; Subsystem adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GLOBALIZATION; POLICY MAKING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67749145342     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X09001007     Document Type: Article

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