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Financial Entropy and the Optimality of Over-regulation

In: The New International Financial System Analyzing the Cumulative Impact of Regulatory Reform

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The following sections are included:PreviewWhy Do We Have Finance? Why Do We Regulate It?The Big Tradeoff: Less Mean for Less VarianceThe Financial Entropy TheoremThe Optimality of Over-regulationAppraising the Long-run Effects of Some Recent ReformsSummaryReferences

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  • Alan S. Blinder, 2015. "Financial Entropy and the Optimality of Over-regulation," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Douglas D Evanoff & Andrew G Haldane & George G Kaufman (ed.), The New International Financial System Analyzing the Cumulative Impact of Regulatory Reform, chapter 1, pages 3-35, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Financial Stability; Systemic Risk; Financial Regulation; Too-Big-to-Fail; Regulatory Burden; Financial Institutions;
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    JEL classification:

    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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