The Need for Competition in International Securities Regulation

Posted: 18 Feb 2002

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Roberta Romano

Yale Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Abstract

This article advocates opening up international securities regulation to greater regulatory competition than the scant competition that exists at present. After sketching the contours of an international regime of regulatory competition in securities laws and the reasons why such competition is desirable, the article provides a detailed response to objections that have been raised to a proposal for a competitive securities regime that was principally focused on the United States, objections that would accordingly also be raised against this article's proposal. These include whether the U.S. securities regime is directed at mitigating problems regarding disclosure of interfirm externalities, and whether international competition will result in a regulatory race to the lowest level of disclosure. Because the analysis in support of regulatory competition in securities law draws upon the learning regarding competition across U.S. states over the production of corporate law, which has been successful in creating a regime that, on balance, benefits shareholders, the article concludes by indicating that recent critiques of the efficacy of state charter competition are unfounded.

Keywords: Securities regulation, regulatory competition

JEL Classification: K22, G18

Suggested Citation

Romano, Roberta, The Need for Competition in International Securities Regulation. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=297280

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