Finance has become global, but financial regulation has remained more heterogeneous than was predicted two decades ago, when the end of history was en vogue. This book gives a much-needed accessible introduction to regulatory choices and structures in different parts of the world. -- Katharina Pistor, Columbia University, USA Financial regulation has always been an important field, but it is particularly so now given increasing globalization, new technologies, and continuing financial institution scandals and failures. This volume, with its felicitous combination of depth and breadth in coverage, including on topics such as micro- and macroprudential regulation, stock exchange competition, mandatory disclosure, conduct of business rules, sustainability, and cryptocurrencies, and its sophisticated yet accessible use of policy-relevant theory, is an important and timely overview of the field. -- Claire Hill, University of Minnesota, USA
