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Rogues and regulation in global finance: Maxwell, Leeson and the City of London
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In this paper, I explore the culture of the finance industry in general and, in particular, the problems of dealing with socalled rogue behaviour in the context of regulation and regulatory regimes. The reference points for analysis are the recent cases of Robert Maxwell, the British entrepreneur who is thought by many to have systematically 'fleeced' his companies' pension funds to finance complex corporate deals, and Nick Leeson, the Barings trader (in Singapore) who, it is commonly believe...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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- Publisher:
- Routledge Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Regional Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 221-236
- Publication date:
- 1997-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1360-0591
- ISSN:
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0034-3404
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:1880
- Deposit date:
- 2008-05-02
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- Copyright holder:
- Regional Studies Association
- Copyright date:
- 1997
- Notes:
- The full-text of this article is not available in ORA. Citation: Clark, G. L. (1997). 'Rogues and regulation in global finance: Maxwell, Leeson and the City of London', Regional Studies, 31(3), 221-236. [Available at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00343404.asp].
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