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       Posted on July 3rd, 2011

Seven Myths of Executive Compensation

Executive compensation is perhaps the most contentious issue in corporate governance today. Common consensus holds that CEOs of publicly traded U.S. corporations, particularly the largest U.S. corporations, are overpaid. It is also widely believed that the structure of CEO pay is inappropriate, that rewards are offered without regard to performance, and that compensation [...]


       Posted on February 28th, 2011

Solving the Problem of Bailouts: A Theory of Elective Shareholder Liability

Despite the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the initial proposal of Basel III, the debate regarding the regulation of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) continues unabated. Prominent among the present proposals is one led by prominent financial economists who argue in favor of 15% capital [...]


       Posted on June 7th, 2010

How did Financial Reporting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?

This paper scrutinizes the role financial reporting for fair values, asset securitizations, derivatives, and loan loss provisioning played in the Financial Crisis. Because banks were at the center of the Financial Crisis, this study focuses the discussion and the analysis on the effects of financial reporting by banks. It concludes fair value accounting [...]


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