Transatlantic financial services regulatory dialogue

European Business Organization Law Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 647-673

  Alexander, Kern ^a   Ferran, Eilís ^b   Jackson, Howell ^c   Moloney, Niamh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross border services; dialogue; European Union; financial markets; regulation; transatlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955837027     PISSN: 15667529     EISSN: 17416205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1566752906006471     Document Type: Article

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