The Role of Regulation

The wave of financial liberalization which is closely linked with the ongoing process of globalization has indirectly led to significant environmental impacts. At the same time this increasingly free flow of capital has undermined the ability of national regulations to mitigate these problems. This talk proposed a framework for thinking about the environmental effects of international financial flows and for designing beneficial regulations.

Participants

• Tim Gulden
  Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
  The Brookings Institution