Small business assistance has been a central focus of the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, and for good reason. Small businesses...Read more
This year, spring has arrived in the midst of a generalized lock-down. People have been—and in many places remain—confined to their homes. Most...Read more
These are exceptional times. Almost everywhere, policymakers are taking exceptional measures. Most of these measures are in the domains of public...Read more
Even prior to the emergence of COVID-19, global securities regulators were questioning whether short sellers needed to be put on a tighter leash...Read more
The CARES Act was passed under intense pressure and with minimal transparency. The consequence of this opaque process is that there are some...Read more
Mark Roe and John Coates spoke with Harvard Law Today (HLT) about what could be done to lower the chances of a bankruptcy backlog and how other...Read more
We recently estimated the US bankruptcy system’s ability to absorb an anticipated surge of financial distress among American consumers, businesses...Read more
ECGI in collaboration with the University of Oxford, the Review of Corporate Finance Studies (RCFS) and the Review of Financial Studies (RFS), is...Read more
When it comes to responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., the Federal Reserve has emerged as one of the most active institutions at the...Read more
In April 2020, Monash University hosted the first session of the ECGI/GCGC 24 hour global webinar on The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath:...Read more