New research from Cesare Fracassi of the Department of Finance at the University of Texas at Austin and Geoffrey Tate of the Department of Finance at the University of California, Los Angeles finds that board composition should be a continuing target of regulatory reforms. Our results suggest that having directors with external network ties to the CEO may undermine […]
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The Future of Financial Regulation: Dodd-Frank and Beyond
James McRitchie, 11/03/2010 ,
On November 1, 2010, I attended an event sponsored by the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Paul Brest Hall, Stanford University. I’ve noted a few times that students don’t seem to be taking advantage of Rock Center events. This time the hall was comfortably crowded. Background: Enacted in July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street […]
Video Friday: Economic Outlook & TARP Hearing
James McRitchie, 10/22/2010 ,
Watch, as BNY Mellon’s Chief Economist Richard Hoey presents a summary of his October update. We continue to expect a broad sustained global economic expansion over the next several years with the fastest growth in those countries in the strongest financial position (largely in the developing world) and the slowest growth likely in those countries […]