A much-needed critical investigation of the root causes of the European sovereign debt crisis, featuring contributions from Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the Argentine chief negotiator with the IMF, Roberto Lavagna

This paper examines the role of corporate governance for payout policy design from the perspective of pre-commitment. We test the effect of external and internal corporate governance on the design of payout policy and use of pre-commitment, level and structure of cash distributions, and firm...

The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) by providing an analysis of issuance volumes, structure and participants. In addition, we analyze concentration and interconnectedness in the CMBS market before and after the global...

This paper examines the effects of underwriter networks in the market of securitized products. The complexity and opacity of securitized products increase the value of information gathered and disseminated to the market by central underwriters. However, securitized deals have long performance...

The prominence of foreign issuers in the US market has grown significantly over time. In this paper we examine the IPOs of foreign issuers around the 2012 JOBS Act, which provided emerging growth companies (EGCs) with disclosure and offering process accommodations. We find systematic differences...

The Commission amended Regulation A, an exemption from securities registration, as ​part of implementing the JOBS Act. These amendments (Regulation A+) became effective on June 19, 2015. ​This paper examines offering activity in the Regulation A+ market during June 2015-October 2016 and...

We examine the impact of information flows on financing and the relative roles of hard information, soft information, and certification of issuer quality by third parties, using novel evidence from the US securities-based crowdfunding market. While hard information about the issuer's financial...

This paper examines external financing of small and growth firms using a regulatory experiment in the US microcap market. The paper focuses on a new financing method for entrepreneurial firms – small public offerings under Regulation A, which was significantly expanded by 2015 amendments....