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Internationalization of the World’s Securities Markets: Economic Causes and Regulatory Consequences

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International Competitiveness in Financial Services

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Not long ago, Americans traded in New York, British traded in London, and Japanese traded in Tokyo. It was a simple world in which the flow of securities transactions respected political geography.

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Grundfest, J.A. (1990). Internationalization of the World’s Securities Markets: Economic Causes and Regulatory Consequences. In: Kosters, M.H., Meltzer, A.H. (eds) International Competitiveness in Financial Services. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3876-5_8

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