Foreign Banks and Financial Reform: Lessons from the Post-communist World in How to Tame the Big Banks - Softcover

Hjartarson, Joshua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838317556 ISBN 13: 9783838317557

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

This book recounts how one country succeeded in taming the big international banks and how one country failed. By comparing financial sector reform in post-communist Hungary and Poland, it provides important lessons on how states can successfully govern their banking sectors even if these sectors are open to global competition. The author's conclusions are based on numerous interviews of finance ministers, central bankers, regulators, and foreign and domestic bank managers. It is essential reading not only for policy and financial sector professionals, but also for citizens concerned about globalization and the erosion of the state?s capacity to govern financial markets.

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About the Author

Joshua Hjartarson received a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2005. He has lectured extensively in comparative politics, public policy and finance. Prior to completing his Ph.D., he worked for Bank Austria. He currently works in Cabinet Office for the Government of Ontario.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838317556
• ISBN 13: 9783838317557
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216