Labour's Record on Financial Regulation

Arup Daripa (), Sandeep Kapur and Stephen Wright

No 1301, Birkbeck Working Papers in Economics and Finance from Birkbeck, Department of Economics, Mathematics & Statistics

Abstract: In 1997 the new Labour government launched major initiatives in the area of financial regulation, setting up the Financial Services Authority as a comprehensive regulatory body, supported by the legislative framework of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. We evaluate the Labour government’s record on financial regulation in terms of its achievements and failures, especially in dealing with the global financial crisis that started in 2007. While we identify some clear flaws in regulatory design and enforcement, our evaluation highlights some inherent difficulties of financial regulation.

Keywords: Financial Regulation; New Labour; Financial Crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G01 G2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02
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