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Financial Infrastructure and Public Policy: A Functional Perspective


Zvi Bodie


Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics

Robert C. Merton


MIT Sloan School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Harvard Business School - Finance Unit


Abstract:     
This paper considers the changes in financial infrastructure and regulation necessary to support welfare-improving financial innovation. Topics discussed include the development of a system of risk accounting, the regulation of OTC derivatives, reform of deposit insurance, pension reform and privatization, and the use of financial technology in implementing macro-stabilization policies.

JEL Classification: G1, G38

working papers series


Date posted: August 25, 1998  

Suggested Citation

Bodie, Zvi and Merton, Robert C., Financial Infrastructure and Public Policy: A Functional Perspective. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=6639

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Zvi Bodie (Contact Author)
Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics ( email )
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
United States
617-353-4160 (Phone)
617-353 6667 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: http://smgnet.bu.edu/mgmt/profiles/BodieZvi.html
Robert C. Merton
MIT Sloan School of Management ( email )
77 Massachusetts Avenue
E62-634
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
United States
617 715 4866 (Phone)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit ( email )
Boston, MA 02163
United States
617-495-6678 (Phone)
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