Regulating Wall Street: The Dodd-Frank Act and the New Architecture of Global Finance

  • 10h 51m
  • Viral Acharya, et al.
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2011

Experts from NYU Stern School of Business analyze new financial regulations and what they mean for the economy

The NYU Stern School of Business is one of the top business schools in the world thanks to the leading academics, researchers, and provocative thinkers who call it home. In Regulating Wall Street: The New Architecture of Global Finance, an impressive group of the Stern school’s top authorities on finance combine their expertise in capital markets, risk management, banking, and derivatives to assess the strengths and weaknesses of new regulations in response to the recent global financial crisis.

  • Summarizes key issues that regulatory reform should address
  • Evaluates the key components of regulatory reform
  • Provides analysis of how the reforms will affect financial firms and markets, as well as the real economy

The U.S. Congress is on track to complete the most significant changes in financial regulation since the 1930s. Regulating Wall Street: The New Architecture of Global Finance discusses the impact these news laws will have on the U.S. and global financial architecture.

About the Author

Viral V. Acharya is Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business.

Thomas F. Cooley is Dean Emeritus and the Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics at New York University Stern School of Business, as well as a Professor of Economics in the NYU Faculty of Arts and Science.

Matthew P. Richardson is the Charles E. Simon Professor of Applied Financial Economics at New York University Stern School of Business.

Ingo Walter is the Seymour Milstein Professor of Finance, Corporate Governance and Ethics and Vice Dean of Faculty at New York University Stern School of Business.

In this Book

  • Regulating Wall Street—The Dodd-Frank Act and the New Architecture of Global Finance
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Prologue—A Bird’s-Eye View—The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
  • The Architecture of Financial Regulation
  • The Power of Central Banks and the Future of the Federal Reserve System
  • Consumer Finance Protection
  • Measuring Systemic Risk
  • Taxing Systemic Risk
  • Capital, Contingent Capital, and Liquidity Requirements
  • Large Banks and the Volcker Rule
  • Resolution Authority
  • Systemic Risk and the Regulation of Insurance Companies
  • Money Market Funds—How to Avoid Breaking the Buck
  • The Repurchase Agreement (Repo) Market
  • Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, and ETFs
  • Regulating OTC Derivatives
  • The Government-Sponsored Enterprises
  • Regulation of Rating Agencies
  • Securitization Reform
  • Reforming Compensation and Corporate Governance
  • Accounting and Financial Reform
  • Epilogue
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