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Comparison of the Market Regulation in the EU and in the USA in the Context of Economic Crisis
Beránek, Jaromír ; Hraba, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Borkovec, Aleš (referee)
Jaromír Beránek - Comparison of the Market Regulation in the EU and in the USA in the Context of Economic Crisis Abstract: Once the U.S. real estate bubble burst in 2007 and most of the major American banks ran into a financial distress following the rising number of mortgage defaults, few foresaw that these problems would grow into the biggest global crisis since 1930s. Soon it turned out that the fall was inevitable. Due to the lack of regulation an uncontrolled growth in bad credits occurred over the years preceding the crisis outbreak. Financial institutions, silently supported by credit rating agencies, started pushing complicated and opaque investment instruments into the hungry market, and investors gladly bought them, motivated by the promise of high bonuses. The ongoing process of globalization and international linking of financial markets significantly accelerated the evolvement of the crisis and contributed to its spread around the world. Burdened by the immense costs of bank bailouts governments of many countries faced a threat of an imminent bankruptcy, and were forced to seek international aid. In the EU, the USA and on the international scene, several initiatives arose, striving to create effective regulatory reforms and to strengthen tools for a timely identification and prevention of...
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Comparison of the Market Regulation in the EU and in the USA in the Context of Economic Crisis
Beránek, Jaromír ; Hraba, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Borkovec, Aleš (referee)
Jaromír Beránek - Comparison of the Market Regulation in the EU and in the USA in the Context of Economic Crisis Abstract: Once the U.S. real estate bubble burst in 2007 and most of the major American banks ran into a financial distress following the rising number of mortgage defaults, few foresaw that these problems would grow into the biggest global crisis since 1930s. Soon it turned out that the fall was inevitable. Due to the lack of regulation an uncontrolled growth in bad credits occurred over the years preceding the crisis outbreak. Financial institutions, silently supported by credit rating agencies, started pushing complicated and opaque investment instruments into the hungry market, and investors gladly bought them, motivated by the promise of high bonuses. The ongoing process of globalization and international linking of financial markets significantly accelerated the evolvement of the crisis and contributed to its spread around the world. Burdened by the immense costs of bank bailouts governments of many countries faced a threat of an imminent bankruptcy, and were forced to seek international aid. In the EU, the USA and on the international scene, several initiatives arose, striving to create effective regulatory reforms and to strengthen tools for a timely identification and prevention of...
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The supervision and regulation of the financial sector in the European Union: case of the banking union
Blatná, Nikola ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The thesis discusses the supervision and regulation of the financial sector in the European Union with a particular focus on the banking market . The aim is to answer the research question , what are the main reasons for the introduction of the banking union in the European Union and what this concept means in practice for the Member States . The first chapter presents general reasons of financial market regulation and puts them into the context of the transformation of a European framework for financial supervision. The second part delas with the central theme of this work , a banking union as an important milestone in the process of european economic and political integration. It explains the factors leading to increased attention devoted to the regulation of banking market. The last chapter provides an analysis of the impact on the Member States of the European Union. Basic consequences arising from the introduction of banking union are analyzed on the case of the Czech Republic. The conclusion brings in attention the factors that are currently on the reform of European banking regulation most emphasized.
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