Duke Financial Economics Center

NEW FinReg Blog post: Environmental Externalities of Corporate Culture: Evidence from Firm Pollution Link: tinyurl.com/3vacu3ns Written by @WenquanLi95, @sumanneupane109, and @Kelvin_JK_Tan Read our blog for more info!

Thanks @DFE_Duke for inviting me to write up my paper on law firm collapse sites.duke.edu/thefinregblog/…

Broke down the Binance settlement and Treasury’s request to Congress for more authority to crack down on illicit crypto use with @jimmie_lenz for the latest Coffee & Crypto. We also had a good rant about tile insurance! open.spotify.com/episode/52Ua9U…

NEW FinReg Blog post: Antitakeover Regulation in China: Shortcomings and the Urgency for Reform Link: tinyurl.com/3askxxr3 Written by Dr. Sirui Han Read our blog for more info!

NEW FinReg Blog post: Call Me Maybe? Bondholder Relationships and Corporate Call Policy Link: tinyurl.com/yc3y5czm Written by Paul Beaumont, David Schumacher, and Gregory Weitzner Read our blog for more info!

NEW FinReg Blog post: Cross-Border Investments in Private Firms: The Benefits of Comparability for Foreign Investors Link: tinyurl.com/yvccvm35 Written by @kdallee, Tami Dinh, and Arthur Stenzel Read our blog for more info!

Had a lot of fun with @jimmie_lenz on this special Thanksgiving-themed episode of Coffee & Crypto! open.spotify.com/episode/2GO3nD…

I just posted a new paper that examines different approaches to regulating ESG investing in the US and EU. Much has been written about ⁦@SECGov⁩’s climate risk disclosure proposal but not so much on the Names Rule & ESG disclosure rule. Check it out! econ.duke.edu/dfe/climate-ri…

NEW FinReg Blog post: Using GPT-4 for Financial Advice Link: tinyurl.com/bdes7u44 Written by Christian Fieberg, @LHornuf, and David Streich, @tudresden_de Read our blog for more info!

NEW FinReg Blog post: Green Bonds: A Legal and Economic Analysis Link: tinyurl.com/53372c7s Written by Sergio Gilotta Read our blog for more info!

Registration for Digital Assets at Duke 2024 is live! Come join us Jan 31-Feb 2, 2024 for rigorous conversations about all aspects of digital assets. We’ve assembled a great group of speakers with more to come! Follow ⁦⁦@DAatDuke⁩ for updates. digitalassetsatduke.org

NEW FinReg Blog post: The Consequences of Rising Healthcare Costs and the Role of Private Equity Link: tinyurl.com/3kau3ze5 Written by Cyrus Aghamolla, Jash Jain, and Richard T. Thakor Read our blog for more info!

NEW FinReg Blog post: Remaining Regulatory Challenges in Digital Finance and Crypto-Assets After MiCA Link: tinyurl.com/5c5heyu7 Written by Dirk A. Zetzsche, Ross P. Buckley, Douglas W. Arner, and Maurits Van Ek Read our blog for more info!

NEW FinReg Blog post: Board’s Digital Oversight and Expertise: Some Initial Findings Using NLP Methods Link: tinyurl.com/48v2s5e8 Written by @AnneLafarre and Titiaan Keijzer Read our blog for more info!

.⁦@Miercoles_Hays, ⁦@ProfHilaryAllen & I recently submitted a letter to ⁦@FinancialCmte⁩ & ⁦@FSCDems⁩ expressing concerns about the latest Digital Asset Regulation Discussion Draft. sites.duke.edu/thefinregblog/…

NEW FinReg Blog post: Cross-Border Corporate Social Responsibility and Taxation: A New Conceptual Framework in an Era of Economic Globalization Link: tinyurl.com/yfhhcd6t Written by Doron Narotzki and Tamir Shanan Read our blog for more info!

The latest Coffee & Crypto is out! ⁦@jimmie_lenz⁩ and I debrief last week’s DC trip to discuss our regulatory sandbox proposal, discuss prospects for crypto regulation at the state & federal level, &,reflect on the Coinbase insider trading settlement podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cof…

NEW FinReg Blog post: DeFi’s Decentralization Myth Link: tinyurl.com/5h28wc8v Written by @robbourret Read our blog for more info!

NEW FinReg Blog post: Towards A Capital Efficient Digital Currency Link: tinyurl.com/39xfwnff Written by Massimo Morini and Andrea Prampolini Read our blog for more info!

NEW FinReg Blog post: Quantifying the Returns of ESG Investing: An Empirical Analysis with Six ESG Metrics Link: tinyurl.com/3t4ce4yw Written by @berg_florian, @AndrewWLo, @RobertoRigobon, @singhmanishiitd , and @RuixunZhang Read our blog for more info!