Scholar questions Basel II’s effect on bank supervision

Academic questions Basel II's effect on bank supervision.

Governments and Basel II may be harming the development of sound regulatory systems with misguided approaches to supervision. That’s the finding of Ross Levine, professor of economics at Brown University, Rhode Island. Using data from more than 2,500 financial services firms across 37 countries, Levine and his team looked at how different supervisory policies affect banks’ ability to raise capital.

According to the research, powerful supervisory agencies with the authority to directly monitor and

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