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The George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Capitalism, Laws, and the Need for Trustworthy Institutions

  • Post published:October 1, 2021
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Anat R. Admati Oct 2021 Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 37/4 Debates on capitalism get muddled by blind spots about essential institutions, particularly effective governments and legal systems that enable…

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Bad policies encourage and tolerate excessive fragility

  • Post published:September 1, 2020
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In OECD New Approaches to Economic Challenges: The Financial System, 2020 PDF

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The Parade of Bankers’ New Clothes Continues: 34 Flawed Claims Debunked

  • Post published:August 1, 2019
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Anat R. Admati, Martin F. Hellwig Aug 2019 Working Paper, The debate on banking regulation has been dominated by flawed and misleading claims. The title of our book The Bankers…

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Bank Leverage, Welfare, and Regulation

  • Post published:April 1, 2019
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Anat R. Admati, Martin F. Hellwig Apr 2019 CIGI Press, We take issue with claims that the funding mix of banks, which makes them fragile and crisisprone, is efficient because…

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A Skeptical View of Financialized Corporate Governance

  • Post published:July 1, 2017
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Jul 2017 Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol 31, Issue 3, Pages 131-150 Managerial compensation typically relies on financial yardsticks, such as profits, stock prices, and return on equity, to achieve…

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It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System

  • Post published:May 1, 2017
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Lisa Herzog May 2017 Just Financial Markets? Finance in a Just Society, Oxford University Press The financial system is meant to facilitate efficient allocation of resources, helping people and businesses…

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Rethinking Financial Regulation: How Confusion Has Prevented Progress

  • Post published:January 1, 2017
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Anat R. Admati Jan 2017 Progress and Confusion: The State of Macroeconomic Policy, Cambridge : MIT Press, 2016, Pages 61-72 The failure of financial regulation can, and did, cause significant…

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The Missed Opportunity and Challenge of Capital Regulation

  • Post published:February 1, 2016
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Anat R. Admati Feb 2016 National Institute Economic Review, Vol 234, Issue 1, Pages R4-R14 Capital regulation is critical to address distortions and externalities from intense conflicts of interest in…

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The Compelling Case for Stronger and More Effective Leverage Regulation in Banking

  • Post published:August 1, 2014
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Anat R. Admati Aug 2014 Journal of Legal Studies, Vol 43, Issue 3, Pages s35-s61 Excessive leverage (indebtedness) in banking endangers the public and distorts the economy. Yet current and…

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Fallacies, Irrelevant Facts, and Myths in Capital Regulation: Why Bank Equity is Not Socially Expensive

  • Post published:October 1, 2013
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Anat R. Admati, Peter M. Demarzo, Martin Hellwig, Paul Pfleiderer Oct 2013 Working Paper, We examine the pervasive view that "equity is expensive," which leads to claims that high capital…

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