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Regulation A: Small Businesses’ Search For “A Moderate Capital”, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
Regulation A: Small Businesses’ Search For “A Moderate Capital”, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr.
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Small businesses are an important part of our national economy, accounting for as much as 40% of our total economic activity and providing society with important services and products.
Small businesses face daunting economic, structural, and legal impediments when they attempt to acquire external capital. The absence of financial inter-mediation services means that they are almost always on their own to find investors. Their small capital needs mean that their relative offering costs are often sky high. Federal and state securities rules significantly exacerbate these economic and structural disadvantages by imposing onerous and unwarranted conditions on their search for external …
Self-Regulation For Safety And Security: Final Minutes Or Finest Hour?, Douglas C. Michael
Self-Regulation For Safety And Security: Final Minutes Or Finest Hour?, Douglas C. Michael
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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the accounting and auditing crisis later caused by the Enron and Worldcom scandals of that same year, created a great sense of insecurity in many Americans. In this Article, I analyze the federal government's response to crisis. I first define what a crisis is: a sudden, existential threat to which the entity has insufficient resources to respond. I then explain how regulation for safety and security is unique in two aspects: perceptions matter, and the assistance of the regulated entities is essential. I proceed by describing and analyzing the regulatory history and …