FINANCIAL INSTABILITY, REGULATORY REFORMS AND BANK GOVERNANCE - LESSONS FROM THE EAST-ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS

  • Srinivas Yanamandra

Student thesis: Doctor of Business Administration

Abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this research project is to explore the research question - how does the pursuit of agenda of regulatory reforms, post the crisis, influence governance arrangements at banks and assist them in maintaining resilience during subsequent episodes of crises?Research methodology - The project adopts a comparative case study approach involving a mix of review of secondary resources and fieldwork interviews across East Asian nations. Findings - The project applied the Minskian Financial Instability Hypothesis to the 1997 East Asian crisis. It explored the macro-economic and policy environment during 1990s for highlighting institutional failures at the heart of the crisis. The interview findings offered contextual setting and diverse perspectives for regulatory reforms aimed at improving bank governance, post the crisis. The experience of case study banks outlined the impact of regulatory reforms on banking business models, post the crisis. The role of post-1997-crisis regulatory reforms in bringing about East Asian resilience, during the 2007 crisis, is thus analysed in the research project. Practical implications - The research project provides emerging economy perspective to regulatory reforms and offers policy-level recommendations for banks, regulatory authorities, corporate borrowers, and statutory auditors in maintaining governance standards conductive to financial stability in the long run. Originality - The project claims originality of application, interpretation and evaluation (which are considered as building blocks for "academic contribution") of an important academic theory in the context of financial crises - Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis. It integrates the aspects of financial instability, regulatory reforms and bank governance in the context of East Asian financial crisis by introducing the concept of "economic responsibilities" of market participants from emerging economies.
Date of Award31 Dec 2014
Original languageEnglish
Awarding Institution
  • The University of Manchester
SupervisorJulie Froud (Supervisor) & Ismail Erturk (Supervisor)

Keywords

  • Financial Crisis, East Asia, Bank Governance, Financial Instability, Regulatory Reforms

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