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Lucian CROITORU
Banca Naţională a României
The alternation between euphoria and panic is the force that causes the business cycle, and regulation cannot temper the euphoria. A consequence of this conclusion is that regulation cannot soften a recession. To understand what regulation cannot do, with regard to softening a recession, it is useful to recall that a recession occurs when the means to counteract a shock (be the shock endogenous or exogenous) run out before the shock disappears. It is then the crisis starts.

ŒCONOMICA no. 3/2013
Keywords: monetary policy, financial economic crisis, risks, private demand, regulation
JEL: E43, E52, G28, G32, R21
The Stabilizing Effects’ Illusion of the “Command and Control”-Type Regulation [Iluzia efectelor stabilizatoare ale reglementării de tip “comandă şi control”]