Simon Mayer

Carnegie Mellon University

Tepper School of Business

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

United States

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Money Creation in Decentralized Finance: A Dynamic Model of Stablecoin and Crypto Shadow Banking

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Money Creation in Decentralized Finance: A Dynamic Model of Stablecoin and Crypto Shadow Banking

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2020-03-030, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2020-30
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 30 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2022
Ye Li and Simon Mayer
University of Washington - Foster School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University
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Stablecoin, platforms, regulation, decentralized finance, financial instability

Money Creation in Decentralized Finance: A Dynamic Model of Stablecoin and Crypto Shadow Banking

CESifo Working Paper No. 9260
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 31 Aug 2021
Ye Li and Simon Mayer
University of Washington - Foster School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University
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stablecoin, instability, regulation, debasement, big data, payment, collateral, shadow banking

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Strategic Digitization in Currency and Payment Competition

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Strategic Digitization in Currency and Payment Competition

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 06 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2025
Lin William Cong and Simon Mayer
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University
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CBDC, Cryptocurrency, Currency Competition, Digitization, Dollarization, Money, Stablecoin, Tokenomics.

The Coming Battle of Digital Currencies

The SC Johnson College of Business Applied Economics and Policy Working Paper Series No. 2022-04
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2024
Lin William Cong and Simon Mayer
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University
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CBDC, Cryptocurrency, Currency Competition, Digitization, Dollarization, Money, Stablecoin, Tokenomics, Electronic Payment Systems

Strategic Digitization in Currency and Payment Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w33593
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 25 Mar 2025
Lin William Cong and Simon Mayer
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University
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PE for the Public: The Rise of SPACs

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2022
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Barney Hartman-Glaser and Simon Mayer
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, Blank-Check Companies, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Entrepreneurial Finance, IPOs, Adverse Selection, Optimal Contracting.

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Antitrust, Regulation, and User Union in the Era of Digital Platforms and Big Data

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Antitrust, Regulation, and User Union in the Era of Digital Platforms and Big Data

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 30 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2022
Lin William Cong and Simon Mayer
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University
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Data Sharing, Data Trust, Digital Economy, Network Effect, Open Banking, Platform Competition, Privacy

Data Union and Regulation in a Data Economy *

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2024
Lin William Cong and Simon Mayer
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University
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Data Sharing, Data Trust, Digital Economy, GDPR, Network Effect, Open Banking, Privacy

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Private Debt versus Bank Debt in Corporate Borrowing 

Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2024
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 09 May 2024 Last Revised: 22 May 2025
Sharjil Haque, Simon Mayer and Irina Stefanescu
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Carnegie Mellon University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Private Debt, Direct Lending, Bank Loans, Capital structure, Private Equity

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How Private Equity Fuels Non-Bank Lending 

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How Private Equity Fuels Non-Bank Lending 

Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2023
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 01 May 2023 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2025
Sharjil Haque, Simon Mayer and Teng Wang
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Carnegie Mellon University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Syndicated Loans, Private Equity, LBO, Bank Monitoring, CLO, Securitization, Loan Sales, Lead Share

How Private Equity Fuels Non-Bank Lending

FEDS Working Paper No. 2024-15
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
Sharjil Haque, Simon Mayer and Teng Wang
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Carnegie Mellon University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Syndicated Loans, Private Equity, LBO, Bank Monitoring, CLO, Securitization, Loan Sales

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Token-Based Platforms and Speculators

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 28 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2022
Simon Mayer
Carnegie Mellon University
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FinTech, Cryptocurrencies, Platforms, Initial Coin Offerings, Security Token Offerings, Stablecoins, Decentralized Finance, Speculation

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Private Equity and Corporate Borrowing Constraints: Evidence from Loan Level Data

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 12 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2023
Sharjil Haque, Young Soo Jang and Simon Mayer
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University
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Private Equity, LBO, Capital Structure, Leverage, Borrowing Constraints, Debt Structure

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Agency Conflicts and Short- vs Long-Termism in Corporate Policies

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Agency Conflicts and Short- vs Long-Termism in Corporate Policies

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 163, No. 3, 2020, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 18-16
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Carnegie Mellon University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Optimal short- and long-termism, Agency conflicts, Multi-tasking

Agency Conflicts Over the Short and Long Run: Short-Termism, Long-Termism, and Pay-for-Luck

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12720
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Carnegie Mellon University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Optimal Financing with Tokens

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-78
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 08 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2020
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Carnegie Mellon University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Tokens, Platforms, Moral Hazard, Financial Constraints, Dividend Rights

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Capital Structure in Private Equity

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 30 Aug 2023
Young Soo Jang and Simon Mayer
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University
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Private equity, leveraged buyout, LBO

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Financing Breakthroughs under Failure Risk

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 06 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Simon Mayer
Carnegie Mellon University
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Intermediation, Agency Conflicts, Incentives, Innovation

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Dynamic Contracting with Intermediation: Operational, Governance, and Financial Engineering

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 22 May 2018 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Sebastian Gryglewicz and Simon Mayer
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and Carnegie Mellon University
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Intermediation, Agency Conflicts, Incentives, Private Equity, Active Intermediaries, Contracting, Delegation

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The Dynamics of Loan Sales and Lender Incentives

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 21-82
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2024
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Carnegie Mellon University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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dynamic agency, screening, monitoring, loan sales, syndicated loans

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Investor Activism and the Green Transition *

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 24-96
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2025
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Carnegie Mellon University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Activism, agency conflicts, contracting, sustainable finance, environmental policies

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A Theory of Cash Flow-Based Financing with Distress Resolution

NBER Working Paper No. w29712
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 31 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Barney Hartman-Glaser, Simon Mayer and Konstantin Milbradt
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance
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