This contribution to the SMU Law Review's Summer 2015 Symposium Issue dedicated to the late Professor Alan Bromberg briefly summarizes the scope and themes of my recent book, Chasing the Tape: Information Law and Policy in Capital Markets, published by the MIT Press

This paper investigates the role of creditor rights and information sharing in explaining why some financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa have remained shallow. The paper finds that while financial liberalization and macroeconomic stability promote financial deepening, they are not enough. For...

Virtual currencies are a contemporary form of private money. Thanks to their technological properties, their global transaction networks are relatively safe, transparent, and fast. This gives them good prospects for further development. However, they remain unlikely to challenge the dominant...