Working Paper
An International Rule System to Avoid Financial Instability
In a series of summits, leading countries of the world will meet to draw up an in¬ternational arrangement for financial stability. Such a rule system should prevent a financial crisis as we have seen it in 2007 and 2008. It should include appropriate principles of mone¬tary policy, rules for financial soundness and agreements on the role of prudent regulation. The paper discusses the lessons from the subprime crisis, failures of regulation, crisis man¬agement in the US and in the EU and considers the problems that have to be solved by an in¬ternational rule system.
Key Words
- crisis management
- elements of an international rule system
- failures of regulation
- Financial instability
- lessons from the subprime crisis
- role of the IMF