Hal S. Scott

Harvard Law School

Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems

1557 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

37

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Scholarly Papers (37)

1.

Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 426, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 410, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1757982
Number of pages: 513 Posted: 08 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2014
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Harvard University, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Human Dynamics Group, Arizona State University (ASU) - School for the Future of Innovation in Society, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Notre Dame Law School, Stanford Law School, Vermont Law School, University of Toronto, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Yale University - Law School, University of Illinois College of Law (deceased), Columbia University - Columbia Law School, Yale University - Law School, Harvard Law School, Columbia University - Law School, Israel Supreme Court, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, American Enterprise Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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entrepreneurship, policy, growth, rules, innovation, immigration, intellectual property, ip, university, business, federal, national, patent

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An Overview of International Finance: Law and Regulation

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 15 Sep 2005
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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International Finance, regulation, home country, host country

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Cloud Computing in the Financial Sector: A Global Perspective

Program on International Financial Systems 2019
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Hal S. Scott, John Gulliver and Hillel Nadler
Harvard Law School, Program on International Financial Systems and Wayne State University Law SchoolProgram on International Financial Systems
Downloads 1,817 (19,788)
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cloud computing, third-party service providers, technology infrastructure, financial system

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Interconnectedness and Contagion - Financial Panics and the Crisis of 2008

Number of pages: 209 Posted: 22 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2014
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
Downloads 1,184 (37,422)
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interconnectedness, contagion, financial crisis, systemic risk, Lehman Brothers, bank runs, capital requirements, liquidity requirements, resolution authority, bailout

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The E.U.’s Digital Operational Resilience Act: Cloud Services & Financial Companies

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Sep 2021
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
Downloads 1,159 (38,670)
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The Reduction of Systemic Risk in the United States Financial System

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 10 May 2010
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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Volcker Rules, Capital Requirements, Clearinghouses and Exchanges, Derivatives, Resolution Procedures, Emergency Lending, Federal Reserve, Regulatory Structure, Regulatory Reorganization

7.

When the Euro Falls Apart - A Sequel

Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 12-16
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2012
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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Mandating Corporate Behavior: Can One Set of Rules Fit All?

Standard & Poor's, Spring 2006
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Jun 2006
Hal S. Scott and George S. Dallas
Harvard Law School and F&C Investments
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A Bankruptcy Procedure for Sovereign Debtors?

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Mar 2003
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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sovereign debt, IMF, bankruptcy, international finance, banking, emerging markets

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Bank Capital for Operational Risk: A Tale of Fragility and Instability

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2015
Mark Ames, Til Schuermann and Hal S. Scott
Oliver Wyman, Oliver Wyman and Harvard Law School
Downloads 576 (98,942)
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model risk, bank capital, bank regulation

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A Review of Cryptoasset Market Structure and Regulation in the United States

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
Hal S. Scott, John Gulliver and Connor Kortje
Harvard Law School, Program on International Financial Systems and Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
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Crypto, digital assets, bitcoin, ether, blockchain, regulation, SEC, ICOs, stablecoins

12.

Internationalization of Primary Public Securities Markets

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Mar 2001
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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Lender of Last Resort: The 2023 Banking Crisis and COVID

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 22 May 2024
Hal S. Scott and Connor R. Kortje
Harvard Law School and Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
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Banking, liquidity, SVB, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature, First Republic, FDIC, Federal Reserve, resolution, lender of last resort

14.

The Importance of the Retail Payment System

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 19 Dec 2014
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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Retail Payment Systems

15.

The Development of Asian Bond Markets: The Offshore Option

Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 07-06
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 14 Jun 2007
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
Downloads 372 (166,329)
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bonds, integration, offshore, Asia

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Reforming U.S. Capital Markets to Promote Economic Growth

Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, May 2020
Number of pages: 148 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Hal S. Scott and John Gulliver
Harvard Law School and Program on International Financial Systems
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17.

What is the Proper Role of the States in Financial Regulation?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Aug 2006
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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preemption, insurance, banking, securities, state regulation

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An Essay on the Fed and the U.S. Treasury: Lender of Last Resort and Fiscal Policy

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 May 2020
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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Federal Reserve, Treasury, emergency lending, lender of last resort

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Expanding Opportunities for Investors and Retirees: Private Equity

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 04 Sep 2020
Hal S. Scott and John Gulliver
Harvard Law School and Program on International Financial Systems
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Private Equity, Retirees, Investors

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Optional Federal Chartering of Insurance: Design of a Regulatory Structure

Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 07-05, Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief No. 2007-PB-04
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 May 2007
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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insurance reform, regulation, optional federal chartering

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Controlling the Long-Term Problems of Short-Term Funding

Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 17-13
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2018
Hal S. Scott and Brian Johnson
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 263 (240,137)
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Nothing but the Facts: The U.S. Treasury Market During the COVID-19 Crisis

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Apr 2021
Hal S. Scott, John Gulliver and Hillel Nadler
Harvard Law School, Program on International Financial Systems and Wayne State University Law SchoolProgram on International Financial Systems
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No, SPACs Do Not Dilute Investors -A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Jul 2024
Hal S. Scott and John Gulliver
Harvard Law School and Program on International Financial Systems
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SPAC, special purpose acquisition company, special purpose acquisition vehicle, dilution, net cash per share, initial public offering

24.

Cloud Adoption in the Financial Sector and Concentration Risk

Wayne State University Law School Research Paper No. 2023
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 May 2023 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2023
John Gulliver, Hillel Nadler and Hal S. Scott
Program on International Financial Systems, Wayne State University Law SchoolProgram on International Financial Systems and Harvard Law School
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Financial Technology, Financial Regulation, Banking, Cloud Service, Cloud Computing, Technology Outsourcing, Financial Supervision

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SRISK as a Measure of Systemic Risk for Insurers: Oversimplified and Inappropriate

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2016
Hal S. Scott, Kristin Ricci and Aaron Sarfatti
Harvard Law School, Oliver Wyman and Oliver Wyman
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SRISK, Systemic Risk, Insurers, Financial Crisis

Optional Federal Chartering of Insurance: Rationale and Design of a Regulatory Structure

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Aug 2008
Martin F. Grace and Hal S. Scott
University of Iowa - Department of Finance and Harvard Law School
Downloads 168 (365,826)
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insurance regulation, federalism, optional federal charter

Optional Federal Chartering of Insurance: Rationale and Design of a Regulatory Structure

Posted: 17 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 21 May 2015
Martin F. Grace and Hal S. Scott
University of Iowa - Department of Finance and Harvard Law School

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insurance regulation, federalism, optional federal charter

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Regulation of Governance & Risk Management: The Intersection of Banking & Technology

Program on International Financial Systems 2021
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Aug 2021
Hal S. Scott, Dennis Campbell and John Gulliver
Harvard Law School, Harvard University - Accounting & Control Unit and Program on International Financial Systems
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International Review of Equity Market Structure Regulation: Phase III

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 May 2021
John Gulliver and Hal S. Scott
Program on International Financial Systems and Harvard Law School
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Implementing an Effective Cryptoasset Regulatory Framework in the United States

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 31 May 2024
Hal S. Scott, John Gulliver and Connor R. Kortje
Harvard Law School, Program on International Financial Systems and Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
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30.

Capital Study Report: Use of Market Discipline

Number of pages: 198 Posted: 07 Nov 2015
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School
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bank regulation, contingent claims, CoCo bonds, capital requirements, leverage, systemic risk

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The U.S. Equity Markets: A Plan for Regulatory Reform

Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, 2016
Number of pages: 179 Posted: 28 Sep 2020
Hal S. Scott and John Gulliver
Harvard Law School and Program on International Financial Systems
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regulatory reform, equity markets, capital markets

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Enhancing Post-Trade Transparency for U.S. Treasuries

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Oct 2022
John Gulliver and Hal S. Scott
Program on International Financial Systems and Harvard Law School
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Mandatory Central Clearing for U.S. Treasuries and U.S. Treasury Repos

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 30 Dec 2021
Harvard Law School, Program on International Financial Systems, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation and Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
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34.

Rationalizing Enforcement in the US Financial System

Number of pages: 212 Posted: 09 Sep 2020
Hal S. Scott and John Gulliver
Harvard Law School and Program on International Financial Systems
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Enforcement, Financial systems, Capital Markets regulation

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Expanding Access to the Standing Repo Facility for U.S. Treasuries

Posted: 15 Oct 2022
John Gulliver and Hal S. Scott
Program on International Financial Systems and Harvard Law School

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The Federal Reserve: The Weakest Lender of Last Resort Among its Peers 

Posted: 05 Dec 2015
Hal S. Scott
Harvard Law School

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37.

Territorial Settlements: A Survey of Scholarly Literature and History

Number of pages: 82
Hal S. Scott, William Grimes and Aki Nakai
Harvard Law School, Boston University and Boston University
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territorial disputes, negotiated settlements, territorial conflicts, border disputes, interstate war, war termination, post-conflict governance, reconstruction