Many regulations aim at promoting coordination among creditors in bankruptcy by ex post restricting their ability to exit distressed firms. However, such restrictions may harm creditors’ ex ante incentives to stay invested, thereby worsening coordination outcomes. We build a dynamic...

I study the optimal integration of humans and technologies in multi-layered decision-making processes. Each layer can correct existing errors but may also introduce new ones. A one-dimensional quality metric – a decision-maker’s error correction capability normalized by its new errors...

We study the joint design of two prominent micro-prudential policy tools: bank
regulation that enforces operational standards via rules, and market discipline through
information disclosure. Disclosure can be state-contingent but creates a trade-off between
incentives and the ex-post...

We present the first piece of empirical evidence on blockchain adoption for environmental monitoring. Using a staggered difference-in-difference (DID) framework, we find that the concentrations of SO2, NO2, CO in blockchain adopting cities in China are on average lower by...

We revisit the relationship between firm competition and real efficiency in a novel setting with informational feedback from financial markets. While intensified competition can decrease market concentration in production, it reduces the value of proprietary information (on, e.g., market prospects)...

We build a tractable general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of cross-border data flows and pre-existing development gaps in data economies on each country's production and international trade. Raw data as byproducts of consumption can be transformed into various...