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The Value of Privacy and the Choice of Limited Partners by Venture Capitalists

By | November 23, 2022
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Venture capital (VC) firms are notoriously secretive. In a recent paper, we examined the causes and consequences of that preference for secrecy using late-2002 court rulings that forced some of the largest public limited partners (LPs) who invest in VC funds to disclose formerly confidential return information. We show that in response to these rulings,… Read More »

Disciplining Central Banks: Addressing the Privacy Concerns of CBDCs and Central Bank Independence

By | November 8, 2022
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The past few years have witnessed the rise of the central bank digital currency (or CBDC), with many countries exploring and testing the viability of issuing a CBDC and dissecting their political and economic implications. The current literature surrounding CBDCs focuses mainly on technical design, institutional architecture, financial inclusion benefits, macroeconomic implications, and financial stability… Read More »