Financial Regulation in General Equilibrium
This paper explores how different types of financial regulation could combat many of the phenomena that were observed in the financial crisis of 2007...
The flip side: high frequency trading
HFT has its benefits but also poses potential systemic risks. Bruno Biais and Paul Woolley discuss the need for deft regulation.
Is Historical Cost Accounting a Panacea? Market Stress, Incentive Distortions, and Gains Trading
This paper explores the trading incentives of financial institutions induced by the interaction between regulatory accounting rules and capital...
Transparency in the financial system: rollover risk and crises
The paper presents a theory of optimal transparency in the financial system when financial institutions have short-term liabilities and are exposed to...
The structure of CEO pay: pay-for-luck and stock-options
We develop a stylized model of efficient contracting in which firms compete for CEOs. The optimal contracts are designed to retain and insure CEOs...
New light on choice of investment strategy
According to classical economics, there are no gains to be made in an efficient market. Yet markets are often far from efficient and the gains are...
Legal Aspects of Bank Bail-Ins
The aim of the bail-in proposal is that governments should have an alternative option to taxpayer-funded rescues of systemic banks. It operates...
Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts
Private equity sponsors pay special attention to designing capital structure, making buyouts an interesting setting for examining capital structure...
The effect of risk preferences on the valuation and incentives of compensation contracts
We use a comparative approach to study the incentives provided by different types of compensation contracts, and their valuation by risk averse...
Smart Buyers
In many bilateral transactions, the seller fears being underpaid because its outside option is better known to the buyer. We rationalize a variety of...
Bond Variance Risk Premia
Using data from 1983 to 2010, we propose a new fear measure for Treasury markets, akin to the VIX for equities, labeled TIV. We show that TIV explains...
On the drivers of commodity co-movement: Evidence from biofuels
We use the recent introduction of biofuels to study the effect of industry factors on the relationships between wholesale commodity prices...
Performance Pay, CEO Dismissal, and the Dual Role of Takeovers
We propose that an active takeover market provides incentives by offering acquisition opportunities to successful managers. This allows firms to...
Explaining the Structure of CEO Incentive Pay with Decreasing Relative RiskAversion
It is established that the standard principal-agent model cannot explain the structure of commonly used CEO compensation contracts if CRRA preferences...
