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Working Papers and other Academic Papers on 
The Regulation of Financial Institutions
This section of the site presents various academic papers related to the regulation of financial institution. Several different types of papers are included:
    working papers - denotes WORKING PAPERS principally written by legal academics. 
    student papers - denotes STUDENT PAPERS, principally written by J.D. and LL.M. students at Harvard Law School. 
    surveys of literature - denotes SURVEYS OF LITERATURE commissioned for publication on this site. 
Linked to each paper is an abstract, which can be viewed over the internet, and a full copy of the paper (in pdf format) which may be downloaded. Linked to some of the working papers is a discussion area, where readers are invited to post comments and suggestions regarding the papers and commentary thereon. To download pdf files, users must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computers. To obtain a free copy of this reader, click here.

DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS

student papers Nikolai Mikhailov, National Treatment under Siege -- Troubling Trends in Federal Regualtion of Foreing Banks in the 1990s (Apr. 2000)

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student papers Ken-ying Tseng, Government Control of Money in a Digital World (May 4, 1998).

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student papers Jason L. Booth. Interstate Branching, the Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 and the Future of the Dual Banking System (Apr. 20, 1998)

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working papers Howell E. Jackson, The Regulation of Financial Holding Companies (Sept. 26, 1997) (prepared for The New Palgrave for Law & Economics (1998)).

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student papers Peter Lyons Juhas, Into the Breach: Winstar Damages (May 2, 1997).

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student papers Lori P. Morgan, An Assessment of Bank Agency Discretion Under FDICIA's Prompt Corrective Action Provisions (Apr. 25, 1994)

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INSURANCE COMPANIES

student papers Michael K. Renetsky, The NAIC Accreditation Program (Spring 1996).

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student papers Alexander Tselos, Massachusetts Automobile Insurance Regulation (May 5, 1995)

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student papers Karen H. Kim, Alternative Insurance in the United States and Bermuda and the Threat to Traditional Insurance Regulatory Schemes (May 1, 1995).

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SECURITIES FIRMS

student papers Amy K. Rhodes, The Role of the SEC in the Regulation of Rating Agencies: Well-Placed Reliance or Free-Market Interference? (Apr. 25, 1995) (subsequently published at 20 Seton Hall Legis. J. 293 (1996)).

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TRADING MARKETS
 

student papers John G. Moon, The Dangerous Territoriality of American Securities Law: A Proposal for an Integrated Global Securities Market (June 2000)

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working papers Laura N. Beny, HLS '99, A Survey of Current Regulatory and Structural Issues in U.S. Secondary Markets and a Reform Proposal (Spring 1999)

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working papers James E. Davis, Corporate Disclosure Through Stock Exchanges (Apr. 24, 1999).

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INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 

working papers Stephen Tate, The Role of Independent Directors in Mutual Fund Government (Apr. 26, 2000)

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working papers David J. Carter, Mutual Fund Boards and Shareholder Action (Apr. 21, 2000).

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working papers Bevis Longstreth, The Profile: Designer Disclosure for Mutual Funds (Nov. 6, 1998).

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working papers Kevin L. Hicks, Mutual Fund Fees (Apr. 10, 1998).

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student papers Richard M. Cundiff, Jr., Statistical and Cognitive Barriers to Effective Disclosure of Mutual Fund Risk

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INTER-INDUSTRY COMPETITION

working papers Howell E. Jackson, Regulation in a Multi-Sectored Financial Services Industry:An Exploratory Essay, 77 Wash. U.L.Q.  319 (1999)

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working papers Joel Wattenbarger, CFTC Jurisdiction Over OTC Derivatives (May 7, 1999).

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SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM

working papers Howell E. Jackson, Regulatory Problems in Privatizing Social Security (Nov. 5, 1998) (published in slighted revised form as a chapter in Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics and Economics (1999) (Brookings Institute)).


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INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

surveys of literature James Gillespie, Financial Services Liberalization in the World Trade Organization (Apr. 29, 2000)

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working papers Howell E. Jackson, The Selective Incorporation of Foreign Legal Systems to Promote Nepal as an International Financial Services Center (Sept. 25, 1998) (published in slightly revised form in Regulation and Deregulation: Policy and Practice in the Utilities and Financial Services Industry (1999) (Christopher McCrudden, ed.) (Clarendon Press, Oxford).

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