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Wednesday, 12 November 2008
The Ban on Short Selling: Help or Hindrance?

Amid sharp falls in global stock markets, governments around the world implemented temporary bans on the short selling of financial stocks. In Australia, the authorities went further, banning the short selling of all stocks. Was the ban necessary, or was it a case of shooting the messenger? Did the ban work to stabilise markets, or did it have unintended and destabilising consequences?

Speakers
Dr Robert Bianchi, Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance at QUT,
and a Principal of Sydney-based hedge fund H3 Global Advisors
John M. Green, Director, investor and writer, formerly Executive Director
of Macquarie’s investment banking group
Dr Stephen Kirchner, Research Fellow (Economics), CIS

Transcripts
Transcripts of the event are available below in pdf format.
Extend Short selling ban by John M Green
Shooting the Messenger by Dr Stephen Kirchner

The transcript of Dr Robert Bianchi's paper will be available shortly.

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Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Depositor Protection and Government Bailouts

Have government (and central bank) policy responses been appropriate? What would be better? What does the crisis tell us about regulation of financial markets and institutions? To what extent did regulation actually contribute to the collapse? A look at monetary policy, liquidity injections, selective interventions to rescue or nationalise specific institutions, and the Bush Administration’s $700 billion package.

Speakers
Professor Warren Hogan, Adjunct Professor, School of Economics and Finance, UTS
Professor Peter L. Swan, AM FASSA, Scientia Professor, School of Banking and Finance, Australian School of Business, UNSW
Michael Stutchbury, Economics Editor, The Australian

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Regulation and Government Bailouts: Why the Subprime Bubble was so Attractive by Peter L. Swan

 
 
   
 
 
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