Reconciling National Security Review with Takeover Regulation in the Global M&A Market

In recent times, there has been an unprecedented surge in national security review (NSR) measures, with host jurisdictions implementing restrictions on foreign investments and intensifying national security scrutiny, especially in the context of cross-border takeover transactions within sensitive sectors. This paper argues that this evolving landscape disrupts conventional takeover regulation in a manner that impedes…

Fintech and Banking

Fintech and Banking Anjan V. Thakor Washington University, Saint Louis – John M. Olin School of Business; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Date Written: February 11, 2019 Abstract This paper is a review of fintech and its interaction with banking. Included in fintech are innovations in payment systems (including cryptocurrencies), credit markets (including P2P lending),…

Truly economics style: “A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors”

A Few Goodmen: Surname-Sharing Economist Coauthors Abstract: We explore the phenomenon of coauthorship by economists who share a surname. Prior research has included at most three economist coauthors who share a surname. Ours is the first paper to have four economist coauthors who share a surname, as well as the first where such coauthors are unrelated by marriage, blood…

Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum Networks

Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum Networks Adem Efe Gencer, Soumya Basu, Ittay Eyal, Robbert van Renesse, Emin Gün Sirer (Submitted on 11 Jan 2018 (v1), last revised 29 Mar 2018 (this version, v2)) Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies have demonstrated how to securely implement traditionally centralized systems, such as currencies, in a decentralized fashion. However, there have been…

The Inception of a New Era — Satoshi Nakamoto & “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Satoshi Nakamoto satoshin@gmx.com http://www.bitcoin.org   Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third…