This paper studies the interplay of the public-private dichotomy and the externalities argument in the context of recently enacted U.S. “Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010”. Having conducted a historical overview of the concept of public and private domains in...

Finance has become more a problem than a solution to what the world most wants: socially inclusive growth. It has become a source of crises that threaten the development of the real economy. It has escaped accountability to democratic institutions and often helped, instead, to influence and...

This article compares the direct regulation of hedge funds in the U.S. prior to the Dodd-Frank Act with the direct regulatory measures to address potential systemic risks of hedge funds ensued in its aftermaths. The direct regulation involves regulatory measures focusing immediately on the...

Korean Abstract: 본 연구는 2002년 이후 한국의 은행 자료를 이용하여 은행 자기자본비율과 자기자본비용 관계를 추정하였다. 먼저 자본자산가격결정모형(CAPM) 모형을 이용하여 한국의 은행 자기자본비용을 추정하였다. 다음...

This paper studies the intraday spillovers of the 2010 U.S. Flash Crash to international equity markets. We document a substantial and almost immediate echo of the crash in Latin America. Using data for 148 firms trading in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, or Mexico, we estimate price declines of up to...

This note compares three different investment strategies for long-term investment plans: a Cost Average Plan (CAP), a monthly deposits plan, and the Buy and Hold strategy. Using data from January, 2003 to December, 2022 from four European Monetary Union countries, France, Germany, Spain and...

From its inception, the Federal Reserve has operated payment systems that let banks move money for their customers. Checks, wire transfers, and electronic consumer payments all happen thanks to the Federal Reserve. Congress by statute specified which banks get access to the Fed’s payment...

This paper presents and explains the newly rediscovered and transcribed daily market gold price from 1919-1968 for the world's main gold market during the period, the London Gold Fixing Auction. The paper highlights several novel features previously not discussed in the literature, such as gold...

For centuries, our systems of banking, money, and payments have been legally and institutionally intertwined. The fact that these three—theoretically distinct—systems have been bundled together so tightly and for so long reflects a combination of historical accident, powerful economic and...