How do bank supervisors strike a balance between market self-regulation and pro-active regulatory intervention? This book investigates the choice of banking supervision approach in four European Union member states from Central and Eastern Europe - Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, and Slovenia - after their transition to democracy and market economy.
"This book explores the theory and practice of how countries choose bank regulatory apparati, with a particular focus on the historical context of central and eastern European regulatory regimes. ... This book is a good read for anyone interested in political economic theories of financial regulation, and particularly good for those interested in eastern and central European - as well as western European - experiences in those fields." (Nina Quinn Eichacker, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 54 (1), 2016)