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An End To Too Big To Let Fail? The Dodd–Frank Act’S Orderly Liquidation Authority, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Iv, James B. Thomson
An End To Too Big To Let Fail? The Dodd–Frank Act’S Orderly Liquidation Authority, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Iv, James B. Thomson
James Thomson
One of the changes introduced by the sweeping new fi nancial market legislation of the Dodd–Frank Act is the provision of a formal process for liquidating large fi nancial fi rms—something that would have been useful in 2008, when troubles at Lehman Brothers, AIG, and Merrill Lynch threatened to damage the entire U.S. fi nancial system. While it may not be the end of the too-big-to-fail problem, the orderly liquidation authority is an important new tool in the regulatory toolkit. It will enable regulators to safely close and wind up the affairs of those distressed fi nancial fi rms whose …
Technical Appendix To Supranational Agency: A Solution For Conflict In International Mergers?, Poonam Mehra
Technical Appendix To Supranational Agency: A Solution For Conflict In International Mergers?, Poonam Mehra
Poonam Singh Mehra
This note includes the general model and technical proofs of the paper titled “Supranational Agency: A Solution for Conflicts in International Mergers”. This paper develops a two Country three Firm model to compare the possibilities of conflict between competition authorities of different countries over the review of a merger under different welfare standards: national, consumer, and global. Use of transfer payment under the global welfare standard to ensure a conflict free efficient outcome is also explored.