Perspectives on Dodd-Frank and finance /

Leading scholars, along with regulators and practitioners, discuss Dodd-Frank and financial regulation. The origins of the Dodd-Frank Act in the financial crisis and the legislative process that produced it are described. Systemic risk and the problem of too-big-to-fail institutions are explained. S...

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Corporate Author: Dodd-Frank and the Future of Finance (Conference) Washington, D.C.)
Other Authors: Schultz, Paul H., 1956- (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Leading scholars, along with regulators and practitioners, discuss Dodd-Frank and financial regulation. The origins of the Dodd-Frank Act in the financial crisis and the legislative process that produced it are described. Systemic risk and the problem of too-big-to-fail institutions are explained. Salient features of the Act, including new rules for mortgage origination and securitisation, central clearing of derivatives, the Volcker Rule, the creation of the CFPB and the FSOC, the conflict minerals rule, and new rules for resolving troubled financial institutions are discussed.
Item Description:Conference proceedings.
"This book is based on a conference on 'Dodd-Frank and the Future of Finance' that was held in Washington, DC, on June 13-14, 2013"--Acknowledgments.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 249 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780262325929
0262325926
9781322195971
1322195978
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262028035.001.0001