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Régulation et confiance

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[eng] Regulation and Trust.. Trust is an asset of utmost importance for the smooth functioning of modern economies. The recent crisis witnessed the gradual devaluation of this asset among financial system’s participants. The notion of credit crunch is the economic manifestation of such a collapse in value. To combat it, public authorities have used their own credit and put it at risk. This intervention, necessary as it was, cannot substitute for robust and sound financial regulation. The latter is of fundamental importance to build and maintain agents’ trust in the financial system : it protects economic agents ; it addresses market failures ; it limits risk-taking when it exceeds what financial stability requires. A challenge when designing regulation is, however, to minimize the risks of unintended (adverse) consequences. For the future, three goals should drive our efforts : to restore trust in banks, a goal the recently agreed new Capital Accord significantly helps to achieve ; to expand trust in financial products and infrastructure, through greater standardization and more systematic use of robust and supervised clearing and trading venues ; to safeguard trust in regulators, without succumbing to the false assurance associated with automatic prudential rules. . Classification JEL : G28, P16. . . [fre] La confiance est un actif essentiel pour le fonctionnement des économies modernes. La crise récente a vu la dévalorisation progressive de cet actif au sein du système financier. La notion de contraction du crédit manifeste économiquement cet effondrement. Pour le contrer, les autorités publiques ont mis en jeu leur propre crédit. Cette intervention, pour indispensable qu’elle fut, ne peut se substituer à une régulation financière saine et solide. Celle-ci est essentielle pour construire et maintenir la confiance des agents dans le système financier : elle protège les agents ; elle corrige des défaillances de marché ; elle limite les prises de risque excessives pour la stabilité du système. Un défi est néanmoins de calibrer la régulation financière de façon appropriée, afin d’en minimiser certaines conséquences (négatives) involontaires. Pour l’avenir, trois chantiers sont clés : restaurer la confiance dans les banques, ce que les récentes réformes prudentielles devraient grandement favoriser ; étendre la confiance dans les instruments et infrastructures financiers, grâce à une plus grande standardisation et un recours plus systématique à des dispositifs de trading et de clearing robustes et supervisés ; pérenniser la confiance envers les régulateurs, sans céder à la fausse assurance que peuvent nourrir des règles prudentielles très automatiques. . Classification JEL : G28, P16.

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  • Christian Noyer, 2010. "Régulation et confiance," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 100(4), pages 111-122.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2010_num_100_4_5826
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2010.5826
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    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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