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Obstacles to Optimal Policy: The Interplay of Politics and Economics in Shaping Bank Supervision and Regulation Reforms

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  • RANDALL S. KROSZNER
  • PHILIP E. STRAHAN
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    Paper provided by Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago in its series CRSP working papers with number 512.

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