Research highlights
Influential research by members of the Financial Markets Group has been published in some of the most recognised international journals in Economics and Finance, such as the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Review of Financial Studies. A sample of recent papers is below.
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Informational Black Holes in Financial Markets
Journal of Finance, 78 (6), 3099-3140
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Corporate Capture of Blockchain Governance
Review of Financial Studies, 36 (4), 1364–1407
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Asset Management Contracts and Equilibrium Prices
Journal of Political Economy, 130(12), 3146-3201
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Measuring the welfare cost of asymmetric information in consumer credit markets
Journal of Financial Economics, 146 (3), 821-840
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Heterogeneous Global Booms and Busts
American Economic Review, 112 (7), 2178-2212
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Central Bank Swap Lines: Evidence on the Lender of Last Resort
The Review of Economic Studies, 89(4), 1654–1693
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Market efficiency in the age of big data
Journal of Financial Economics, 145(1), 154-177
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Public Procurement in Law and Practice
American Economic Review, 112 (4), 1091-1117
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Exchange Rate Exposure and Firm Dynamics
The Review of Economic Studies, 89 (1), 481-514
All publications
Say Pays! Shareholder Voice and Firm Performance
This paper estimates the effects of Say-on-Pay (SoP); a policy that increases shareholder "voice" by providing shareholders with a regular vote on...
Financial Regulation After the Crisis: How Did We Get Here, and How Do We Get Out?
Following the crisis of 2007, regulatory authorities either are or should be engaging in a fundamental reconsideration of how they approach financial...
Mark-to-Market Accounting and Systemic Risk: Evidence from the Insurance Industry
One of the most contentious issues raised during the recent crisis has been the potentially exacerbating role played by mark-to-market accounting...
Solvency II: Three principles to respect
The European legislation on prudential rules for insurance companies (Solvency II) is set for a final decision. It will be of fundamental importance...
Chasing trends is a dangerous game
Big investors currently pursue two very different strategies when appointing external managers. Their traditional approach is to hire fund managers...
Cyclical Adjustment of Capital Requirements: A Simple Framework
We present a model of an economy with heterogeneous banks that may be funded with uninsured deposits and equity capital. Capital serves to ameliorate...
Market Quality and Contagion in Fragmented Markets
Financial market liquidity has become increasingly fragmented across multiple trading platforms. We propose an intuitive welfare-based market quality...
Political challenges of the macroprudential agenda
Central banks frequently lead the macroprudential policy implementation. The hope is that their credibility in conquering inflation might rub off on...
Procyclical Leverage and Value-at-Risk
The availability of credit varies over the business cycle through shifts in the leverage of financial intermediaries. Empirically, we find that...
Global Financial Systems: Stability and Risk
The book uses economic theory, finance, mathematical modelling, risk theory, and policy to posit a comprehensive, coherent and current economic...
Bond market clienteles, the yield curve, and the optimal maturity structure of government debt
Review of Financial Studies, 26 (8). pp. 1914-1961.
Anticipated and repeated shocks in liquid markets
Review of Financial Studies, 26 (8). pp. 1891-1912.
Trading frenzies and their impact on real investment
Journal of Financial Economics, 109 (2). pp. 566-582.
Momentum investing is bad for your wealth
Managers should focus on companies, not prices, says Paul Woolley.
U.K. Monetary Policy: Observations on its Theory and Practice
In a dramatic change from the euphoria in the early 2000s based on a widespread belief in the “success” of the partial independence of the Bank of...
Macro-Modelling, Default and Money
Mainstream macro-models have assumed away financial frictions, in particular default. The minimum addition in order to introduce financial...