Securities Law and Its Enforcers
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Description
This chapter reviews the existing empirical literature relating to government enforcement of the securities laws, particularly by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including comparative work, assessment of the impact of enforcement, and analysis of enforcement patterns. It also identifies particularly promising areas for future research. Little work has been done to date exploring the incentives faced by attorneys who conduct investigations on behalf of the SEC and how those incentives shape enforcement decisions. This chapter offers preliminary evidence on the career paths of SEC lawyers and how those career choices might influence the enforcement actions brought by the SEC.
Source Publication
Research Handbook on Corporate Crime and Financial Misdealing
Source Editors/Authors
Jennifer Arlen
Publication Date
2018
Recommended Citation
Choi, Stephen J. and Pritchard, A. C., "Securities Law and Its Enforcers" (2018). Faculty Chapters. 261.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/261
