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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810596903321

Autore

Goodstadt Leo F

Titolo

Reluctant regulators / / Leo F. Goodstadt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c 2011

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2011

ISBN

988-220-734-0

988-8053-58-2

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

330.95043

Soggetti

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Financial crises - China

Financial crises - China - Hong Kong

China Economic policy 2000-

Hong Kong (China) Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical refernces and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Reluctant Regulators; 1: Global Crisis - Why Regulators Trust Financial Markets; 2: Fatal Decisions - Washington and London's Deliberate Mistakes; 3: China - Reforms vs Regulation; 4: China's Painful Decisions - Politics in Command; 5: Hong Kong - From Scandals to Stability; Conclusions - Resisting Reforms; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a scathing indictment of regulatory inertia in the West. It provides important and original insights into the causes of financial crises and pays special attention to China's attempts at reform and Hong Kong's place in China's financial modernisation.