Is meta-regulation all it's cracked up to be? the case of UK financial regulation

Journal of Banking Regulation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-32

  Akinbami, Folarin ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compliance; global financial crisis; meta regulation; RBS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871945822     PISSN: 17456452     EISSN: 17502071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jbr.2012.7     Document Type: Article

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