TY  - BOOK
AU  - Quintyn,Marc
AU  - Taylor, Michael W.
TI  - Regulatory and supervisory independence and financial stability
T2  - IMF working paper
U1  - 332.1 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - BANCOS
KW  - REGULACIONES DEL ESTADO
N1  - Bibliografía: p. 36-40
N2  - Despite its importance, the issue of financial sector regulatory and supervisory independence (RSI) has received only marginal attention in literature and practice. However, experience has demonstrated that improper supervisory arrangements have contributed significantly to the deepening of several recent systemic banking crises. In this paper we argue that RSI is important for financial stability for the same reasons that central bank independence is important for monetary stability. The paper lays out four key dimensions of RSI-regulatory, supervisory, institutional and budgetary-and discusses ways to achieve them. We also discuss institutional arrangements needed to make independence work in practice. The key issue in this respect is that agency independence and accountability need to go hand in hand. The paper discusses a number of accountability arrangements
UR  - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2002/wp0246.pdf
ER  -