NEW FinReg Blog post: Quantifying the Returns of ESG Investing: An Empirical Analysis with Six ESG Metrics Link: tinyurl.com/3t4ce4yw Written by Florian Berg, Andrew W. Lo, @RobertoRigobon, Manish Singh , and Ruixun Zhang 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: DeFi’s Decentralization Myth Link: tinyurl.com/5h28wc8v Written by Robert 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: 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!

.⁦Mark Hays, ⁦Hilary Allen & I recently submitted a letter to ⁦Financial Services GOP⁩ & ⁦U.S. House Committee on Financial Services⁩ expressing concerns about the latest Digital Asset Regulation Discussion Draft. sites.duke.edu/thefinregblog/…

NEW FinReg Blog post: Board’s Digital Oversight and Expertise: Some Initial Findings Using NLP Methods Link: tinyurl.com/48v2s5e8 Written by Anne Lafarre and Titiaan Keijzer 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: 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!

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 ⁦⁦DA@D⁩ for updates. digitalassetsatduke.org

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!

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

I just posted a new paper that examines different approaches to regulating ESG investing in the US and EU. Much has been written about ⁦U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission⁩’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…

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

NEW FinReg Blog post: Cross-Border Investments in Private Firms: The Benefits of Comparability for Foreign Investors Link: tinyurl.com/yvccvm35 Written by Kris Allee, Tami Dinh, and Arthur Stenzel 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: 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!

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…

Thanks Duke Financial Economics Center for inviting me to write up my paper on law firm collapse sites.duke.edu/thefinregblog/…

NEW FinReg Blog post: Environmental Externalities of Corporate Culture: Evidence from Firm Pollution Link: tinyurl.com/3vacu3ns Written by Wenquan Li, Suman Neupane, and Assoc. Prof. Kelvin Tan Read our blog for more info!