Minsky and dynamic macroprudential regulation

In the context of current debates about the proper form of prudential regulation and proposals for the imposition of liquidity and capital ratios, the paper examines Hyman Minsky’s work as a consultant to government agencies exploring financial regulatory reform in the 1960s. As the author explains...

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Main Author: Jan Kregel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2014-07-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/12465
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description In the context of current debates about the proper form of prudential regulation and proposals for the imposition of liquidity and capital ratios, the paper examines Hyman Minsky’s work as a consultant to government agencies exploring financial regulatory reform in the 1960s. As the author explains, this often-overlooked early work, a precursor to Minsky’s “financial instability hypothesis”, serves as yet another useful guide to explaining why regulation and supervision in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis were flawed, and why the approach to reregulation after the crisis has been incomplete. KEYWORDS: Banking supervision, Macroprudential Regulation, Financial instability hypothesis (FIH) JEL CODES: G21, G01, G28  
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spelling doaj.art-613ae740a29046ac807f9464c1e436312023-02-03T16:50:58ZengAssociazione Economia civilePSL Quarterly Review2037-36352037-36432014-07-016726910.13133/2037-3643/12465Minsky and dynamic macroprudential regulationJan Kregel In the context of current debates about the proper form of prudential regulation and proposals for the imposition of liquidity and capital ratios, the paper examines Hyman Minsky’s work as a consultant to government agencies exploring financial regulatory reform in the 1960s. As the author explains, this often-overlooked early work, a precursor to Minsky’s “financial instability hypothesis”, serves as yet another useful guide to explaining why regulation and supervision in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis were flawed, and why the approach to reregulation after the crisis has been incomplete. KEYWORDS: Banking supervision, Macroprudential Regulation, Financial instability hypothesis (FIH) JEL CODES: G21, G01, G28   https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/12465anking supervisionMacroprudential RegulationFinancial instability hypothesis (FIH)
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Macroprudential Regulation
Financial instability hypothesis (FIH)
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