Working Paper
Putting Technology to Good Use for Society: the Role of Corporate, Competition and Tax Law
Innovation and its main output, technology, are changing the way we work, socialise, vote, and live. New technologies have improved our lives and made...
Read moreSplit Derivatives: Inside the World's Most Misunderstood Contract
Derivatives are the ‘bad boys’ of modern finance: exciting, dangerous, and fundamentally misunderstood. These misunderstandings stem from the...
Read moreGreen Energy Depends on Critical Minerals. Who Controls the Supply Chains?
In light of the transition away from fossil fuel–based energy, this paper highlights the importance of understanding who controls vital parts of the...
Read moreVirtual Shareholder Meetings
We examine determinants and consequences of ‘virtual’ shareholder meetings (VSM). Using a preCovid sample of voluntary VSM adopters, we do not...
Read moreTechnology and Corporate Governance: Blockchain, Crypto, and Artificial Intelligence
Over recent decades, the on-going “digital revolution” has transformed many aspects of everyday life. Think of the increased power and shrinking...
Read moreWhy 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations
We live in a world that has historically been dominated by centralized, hierarchical organizations. Such organizations are characterized by (i) a...
Read moreBringing the AGM to the 21st Century: Blockchain and Smart Contracting Tech for Shareholder Involvement
The AGM is often considered to play an important role in direct shareholder monitoring of directors and corporate blockholders. However, its practical...
Read moreRegulating Crypto-finance: A Policy Blueprint
This paper is a chapter of a forthcoming monograph, Regulating the Crypto-economy, to be published by Hart Publishing in the latter half of 2021. The book...
Read moreBlockchain and Smart Contracting for the Shareholder Community
Current shareholder engagement systems face large classical inefficiencies. First, due to the large chains of intermediaries in the current...
Read moreTech, Regulatory Arbitrage, and Limits
Regulatory arbitrage refers to structuring activity to take advantage of gaps or differences in regulations or laws. Examples include Facebook...
Read moreUse of AI by Financial Players: The Emerging Evidence
Financial supervisors as well as financial intermediaries increasingly rely on AI. However, little remains known about the scope and...
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