The Governance of International Finance

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ID6232810
AuthorsJeffry Frieden (0000-0003-0285-9284, Harvard University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue1
Pages33-48
Publication date2016-05-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-polisci-053014-031647
OpenAlexW2203738446
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited34

Contemporary international finance raises important questions about whether, and how, it might be overseen by national governments and international institutions. Inasmuch as global financial stability is a global public good, there is a normative case for governance structures to try to achieve this goal—whether they take the form of interstate cooperation or international institutions. This, however, does not mean that national states will necessarily be willing or able to work together to provide this global public good, as the incentives to free-ride are enormous. Nonetheless, the past 25 years do indicate that there has been some movement toward the provision of such global public goods as financial harmonization and a semblance of global lender-of-last-resort facilities. The record is spotty, but the trend appears to be in the direction of more global governance of global finance

Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Financial market · Global financial system · Global governance · Global public good · Harmonization · Incentive · International finance · Market economy · Normative · Political science · Public good · Work (physics · Global Financial Crisis and Policies · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law · State Capitalism and Financial Governance · Finance

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