Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/277233 
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Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Intervention. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies [ISSN:] 2195-3376 [Volume:] 09 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 39-56
Publisher: 
Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg
Abstract: 
The paper considers the different ways in which we can approach reform of banking regulation by reflecting on different views on the nature and purpose of money and banks. We consider first the mainstream theory of banking and the interpretation of moral hazard as an expression of calculative rational behaviour, such that reform of banking regulation is formulated in terms of financial incentives and constraints. Post-Keynesian banking theory rather emphasises banks? role in providing society's money and thus the centrality of social conventions, particularly confidence in the money asset. The key is to design regulation so as to allow banks to play their supportive role in the economy, while suppressing scope for a negative role. This approach involves a broader understanding both of moral hazard and of regulation itself.
Subjects: 
banking functionality
philosophical foundations of banking regulation
moral hazard
JEL: 
B50
E42
G28
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