Publisher's Synopsis
Praise for Regulating Competition in Stock Markets
"A fascinating, wide–ranging analysis beginning with the adverse effects of the financial crisis on happiness, health, and suicide, then analyzing the manipulation of finance markets that presumably contributed to the crisis, and ending with regulatory cures."
Richard B. Freeman , PhD, Herbert S. Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of two panels of the National Academy of Sciences
"This timely book examines the causes and consequences of stock market manipulation around the world. Given the importance of investor protection and crisis prevention, the authors′ insightful work is an essential read for academics, practitioners, and policymakers alike."
Douglas Cumming , JD, PhD, CFA, Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship and Ontario Research Chair in Economics and Cross Cultural Studies, Schulich School of Business, York University
"This intriguing book makes the case that stock market manipulation, far from being a lurid practice of the past, might still be an important concern in modern economies. Academics and policymakers will benefit from studying its immense wealth of data and its proposals."
Xavier Gabaix , PhD, Martin J. Gruber Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University
"In economics, measures of happiness are increasingly used to evaluate well–being. This is quite a novel and welcome addition to this literature."
Richard A. Easterlin , PhD, University Professor and Professor of Economics,University of Southern California, member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
"A substantive, authoritative, and insightful work on securities regulation, relevant to both scholars and practitioners."
Richard J. Joseph , MLitt, JD, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Hult International Business School
