Financial Crisis

Does

 the

 recent

 financial

  crisis

 promote

 the

 need

  for

 a

 Systemic

 Risk

  Regulator?

Azadhassan

 M

 K

 Gulamali

  BA(Hons)

 Accounting

 with

 Finance

  April

 2011

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