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Such evidence as one can find from international surveys suggests that the
regulatory
changes implemented so far have not driven bankers away.
Rating agencies and shareholders are nervous when they hear that a stricter
regulatory
environment is not necessarily a disadvantage.
The rapid deterioration of fiscal position after the crisis made any substantial countercyclical response impossible, while
regulatory
constraints limited the economy’s structural flexibility.
But translating good intentions into desired outcomes will depend crucially on the government's ability to push through complementary and urgently needed reforms on hot-button
regulatory
issues like land, labor, and the environment.
And its peer review mechanism is prodding individual countries to strengthen their
regulatory
institutions.
There is no political will to create a body that could genuinely police international standards and prevent countries from engaging in competitive deregulation – and prevent banks from engaging in
regulatory
arbitrage.
Some reformers in government want more German-style apprenticeship schemes; there is talk of tax breaks for small businesses, and of easing excessively intrusive
regulatory
burdens.
Obama wants to expand federal command-and-control regulation further (though the courts have stopped his extension of some
regulatory
powers).
As Mounk notes, policymaking is the province of an alphabet soup of
regulatory
bodies – from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Unfortunately, the report also masks a broader legislative and
regulatory
agenda that will add unnecessary risk – and a lot of it – to the financial system.
In formulating such policies – whether through legislation,
regulatory
rule-setting, international agreements, or measures addressing related issues such as tax and trade – the goal should be to limit the downsides of technology without stifling innovation.
The authorities also need to strengthen
regulatory
capacity to ensure the safety of food, buildings, medicines and much else.
Now they must work together to unbundle the energy sector, reform their power utilities’ governance to boost transparency and profitability, establish robust
regulatory
institutions, and implement longer-term policies to crowd in relevant investment.
Lastly,
regulatory
harmonization is essential to ensure the right enabling environment.
Obama and his congressional allies enacted an $800 billion “stimulus” bill that was loaded with programs geared to key Democratic constituencies, such as environmentalists and public employees; adopted a sweeping and highly unpopular health-care reform (whose constitutionality will be determined by the Supreme Court this year); imposed vast new regulations on wide swaths of the economy; embraced an industrial policy that selects certain companies for special treatment; engaged in borrowing and spending at levels exceeded only in World War II; and centralized power in Washington, DC (and, within the federal government, in the executive branch and
regulatory
agencies).
A Republican president also would make appointments to many key policymaking positions, from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury to
regulatory
agencies.
Behind closed doors, governments wield financial incentives and
regulatory
powers to mute media criticism and twist editorial content in their favor.
Had America really boasted about its superior risk management systems, going so far as to develop a new
regulatory
system (called Basle II)?Basle II is dead – at least until memories of the current disaster fade.
Yet focusing mainly on how much banks borrow while ignoring other, more serious recklessness is a bad
regulatory
bet.
In most economies, these macro-prudential policies are modest, owing to policymakers’ political constraints: households, real-estate developers, and elected officials protest loudly when the central bank or the
regulatory
authority in charge of financial stability tries to take away the punch bowl of liquidity.
Moreover, the higher the gap between official interest rates and the higher rates on mortgage lending as a result of macro-prudential restrictions, the more room there is for
regulatory
arbitrage.
Drawing lessons from reforms in Afghanistan and their experience in Haiti, Belt, Kashi, and Mackinnon suggest changing the power sector’s institutional and
regulatory
framework, corporatizing the EDH, and establishing cost-reflective tariffs.
Even developing countries that did everything right – and had far better macroeconomic and
regulatory
policies than the United States did – are feeling the impact.
But it may be argued that
regulatory
reform, particularly the far higher capital requirements established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision for systemically significant banks, has significantly reduced the risk of incurring those costs.
Airbnb and the online travel agent Expedia allow reviews only by customers who have actually used their services; that could become a
regulatory
norm throughout the sharing economy.
Lagging countries that fail to promote gender equality, invest in education, and adopt broader governance and
regulatory
reforms risk falling even further behind in reaping the significant benefits of globalization.
But, while some countries have managed to take advantage of the current
regulatory
environment to advance their own digital capabilities, many developing countries risk being left behind.
So far,
regulatory
ambiguity has not severely affected developing countries, and the economic costs to the global South have been minimal.
Proponents of new rules could advise developing countries to accept them openly, arguing that to operate outside a global
regulatory
system would hurt domestic digital development and make it difficult to participate in new technological fields.
The more power these companies have, the more they can accrue, as they use their influence to shape
regulatory
systems, economic policies, and even tax regimes.
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