Add to ORKGIn July of 1826, several prominent Wall Street firms abruptly went bankrupt, amid scandalous revelations of fraudulent financial practices by their management. Although mostly forgotten today, these events represented a watershed in the early development of the corporation laws and investor protections governing Wall Street: in the aftermath of the scandals, New York State enacted an extensive package of legislation designed to protect the interests of investors. These statutes were some of the the very first of their kind, and had a lasting influence. This paper analyzes the causes of the failures, and the evolution of the law in response. The analysis highlights the critical role played by scandal-driven legislation in the evolution of in...
The 2008 financial crisis raised puzzles important for understanding how the capital market prices c...
The financial crisis of 2008 focused increasing attention on corporate America and, in particular, t...
This Article studies three scandals that embroiled U.S. financial markets during the past decade or ...
scandalous revelations of fraudulent financial practices by their management. Although mostly forgot...
scandalous revelations of fraudulent financial practices by their management. The directors of many ...
Preliminary and Incomplete – please do not quote or cite without permission The crisis of 1873 was o...
The United States was hit by a wave of corporate scandals that crested between late 2001 and the end...
Financial crises have regularly afflicted economies throughout history and the United States has bee...
This paper assesses the efforts to “clean up” financial markets and corporate governance practices i...
The period from November 1, 2001 to October 1, 2002 has been an astonishing period for corporate gov...
The prolonged systemic crisis in international financial markets commencing in 2007 was also a crisi...
Whatever the long-run economic consequences of the waves of corporate, securities, and accounting sc...
The United States was hit by a wave of corporate scandals that crested between late 2001 and the end...
Analysis of the corporate governance crisis that manifested itself in the United States at the turn ...
(Excerpt) This Article explores these questions and more with respect to the current role the govern...
The 2008 financial crisis raised puzzles important for understanding how the capital market prices c...
The financial crisis of 2008 focused increasing attention on corporate America and, in particular, t...
This Article studies three scandals that embroiled U.S. financial markets during the past decade or ...
scandalous revelations of fraudulent financial practices by their management. Although mostly forgot...
scandalous revelations of fraudulent financial practices by their management. The directors of many ...
Preliminary and Incomplete – please do not quote or cite without permission The crisis of 1873 was o...
The United States was hit by a wave of corporate scandals that crested between late 2001 and the end...
Financial crises have regularly afflicted economies throughout history and the United States has bee...
This paper assesses the efforts to “clean up” financial markets and corporate governance practices i...
The period from November 1, 2001 to October 1, 2002 has been an astonishing period for corporate gov...
The prolonged systemic crisis in international financial markets commencing in 2007 was also a crisi...
Whatever the long-run economic consequences of the waves of corporate, securities, and accounting sc...
The United States was hit by a wave of corporate scandals that crested between late 2001 and the end...
Analysis of the corporate governance crisis that manifested itself in the United States at the turn ...
(Excerpt) This Article explores these questions and more with respect to the current role the govern...
The 2008 financial crisis raised puzzles important for understanding how the capital market prices c...
The financial crisis of 2008 focused increasing attention on corporate America and, in particular, t...
This Article studies three scandals that embroiled U.S. financial markets during the past decade or ...