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Is Meta-Regulation all it's cracked up to be? The case of UK Financial Regulation

Akinbami, Folarin

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Authors

Folarin Akinbami



Abstract

One of the key components of regulatory regimes is the approach that the regulator adopts toward the supervision of the regulated. Regulators are therefore always looking for supervisory approaches that can increase compliance, by the regulated, with the requirements of the regulatory regime. Meta-regulation is one approach that has gained popularity in recent years. This article looks closely at the issues that arise when the regulated are closely involved in the regulatory process as a result of the use of meta-regulation. The article argues that the use of meta-regulation in the supervision of regulated firms is not unproblematic. The article uses the failures in UK financial regulation in the run-up to the global financial crisis as case studies to illustrate some of the problems that can arise with the use of meta-regulation, and analyzes some of the proposals for reforming UK financial regulation so as to overcome these problems.

Citation

Akinbami, F. (2013). Is Meta-Regulation all it's cracked up to be? The case of UK Financial Regulation. Journal of Banking Regulation, 14(1), 16-32. https://doi.org/10.1057/jbr.2012.7

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Nov 10, 2012
Publicly Available Date Nov 15, 2012
Journal Journal of Banking Regulation
Print ISSN 1745-6452
Electronic ISSN 1750-2071
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 14
Issue 1
Pages 16-32
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/jbr.2012.7

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This is a post-peer-review pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of banking regulation. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Akinbami, Folarin (2013) 'Is meta-regulation all it's cracked up to be? The case of UK financial regulation.', Journal of banking regulation., 14: 16-32 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jbr.2012.7





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