Canada and the United States: Different roots, different routes to financial sector regulation

Business History

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-269

  Brean, Donald J S ^a   Kryzanowsk, Lawrence ^b   Roberts, Gordon S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Canada   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bank concentration; Bank supervision; Banking systems; Canada; Financial regulation; History of credit crises; Legislative history; United states

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INVESTMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956093009     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2011.555109     Document Type: Article

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