This collection offers a comparative overview of how financial regulations have evolved in various European countries since the introduction of the single European market in 1986. It includes a number of country studies which provides a narrative of the domestic financial regulatory structure at the beginning of the period, as well the means by which the EU Directives have been introduced into domestic legislation and the impact on the financial structure of the economy

1. Introduction 2. Financial Regulation in France 3. Financial Regulation in Germany 4. Financial Regulation in Italy 5. Financial Regulation in Spain 6. Financial Regulation in Estonia 7. Financial Regulation in Hungary 8. Financial Regulation in Poland 9. Financial Regulation in Slovenia 10. The United Kingdom from the Big Bank to Post-Crisis Reforms 11. Crisis Management: The 1990s Experience of the Nordic Countries 12. Post-Crisis International Regulatory Standards and their Inclusion in the European Framework

Rainer Kattel is Program Head and Professor of Innovation Policy and Technology Governance at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.

Jan Kregel is a senior scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA, and Director of its Monetary Policy and Financial Structure program.

Mario Tonveronachi is Professor of Financial Systems at the University of Siena, Italy.