| Events by Peter J. Wallison |
| Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies |
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The Report of the Financial Services Roundtable's Blue Ribbon Commission on Competitiveness
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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| The report, entitled A Blueprint for U.S. Financial Competitiveness, will be released on November 7, and is certain to receive serious attention from the Treasury Department as it develops its own |
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Annual Supreme Court Briefing
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Friday, September 28, 2007
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| At this annual AEI Legal Center Supreme Court Briefing, panelists will analyze the business-related cases from October Term 2006 and the upcoming October Term 2007.
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Is Sarbanes-Oxley Impairing Corporate Risk-Taking? (Continued)
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Friday, September 28, 2007
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| Speakers at this conference will review the Litvak study and its significance for the Sarbanes-Oxley debate. |
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Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee
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Monday, September 17, 2007
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| At the two closed sessions before the luncheon, committee members will discuss, among other things, the credit crunch, bank overdraft fees, the subprime mortgage market, the Basel Committee on |
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Should the SEC's Rule 12b-1 Survive?
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Friday, September 14, 2007
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| Speakers at this conference, in advance of any action by the SEC, will consider whether Rule 12b-1 serves a useful purpose and should be retained, or whether it should instead be revised or repealed. |
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Is Sarbanes-Oxley Impairing Corporate Risk-Taking?
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Monday, June 18, 2007
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| In this conference, participants will consider a paper by Kenneth Lehn and colleagues of the University of Pittsburgh on whether Sarbanes-Oxley is impairing corporate risk-taking. |
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Has the Pursuit of "Independence" in Corporate Governance Become Exaggerated?
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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| How does independence affect the functioning of boards and accounting firms? What can we learn by comparing publicly traded with privately held companies? |
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Federal Preemption: States' Powers, National Interests
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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| Federal preemption has become the stuff of public debate and of major news stories. A new collection of essays entitled Federal Preemption: States’ Powers, National Interests tackles |
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Could More Competition Have Solved the Post-Katrina Insurance Problems on the Gulf Coast?
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Friday, June 8, 2007
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| Would a more competitive market solve the problems faced today by the Gulf Coast? How might an optional federal charter affect the affordability of insurance in Gulf Coast states? |
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The Privatization of Sallie Mae and Its Consequences
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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| In a new study for AEI, Thomas H. Stanton has reviewed the terms of the privatization and the ensuing history of the student loan industry. |
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