Franklin Edwards

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Arthur F. Burns Professor Emeritus of Free and Competitive Enterprise
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Economics Division
- Areas of Expertise
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- Macroeconomics
- Links
- Personal Website
Professor Edwards is a specialist in financial markets and institutions, financial regulation and derivatives markets. He teaches courses on futures markets and contemporary issues in financial markets. Edwards has written dozens of books and articles on topics in banking, financial markets and derivatives, including a textbook, Futures and Options. In his recent book, the New Finance: Regulations and Financial Stability, he argues that financial regulation must be reformed to make it more compatible with today’s market realities. His current research is on the effects of the rapidly growing mutual fund industry on the stock market and on financial stability.
- Education
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BA, Bucknell, 1958; MA, 1960; PhD, Harvard, 1964; JD, New York University, 1968
- Joined CBS
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1966
All Activities
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Journal Article
Edwards, Franklin and Edward Morrison
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“Derivatives and the Bankruptcy Code: Why the Special Treatment?”
Yale Journal on Regulation
vol.
22
,
(January 01, 2005):
91
-122
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Book
Patrick, Hugh and Franklin Edwards
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Regulating Internal Financial Markets: Issues and Policies. Boston, Mass.
:
Kluwer
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1991.
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Chapter
Ang, Andrew, Ann Bartel, Patrick Bolton, Wouter Dessein, Franklin Edwards, Lawrence Glosten, Geoffrey Heal, Gur Huberman, Charles Jones, Christopher Mayer, Frederic Mishkin, Eli Noam, Andrea Prat, Jonah Rockoff, Lynne Sagalyn, Stephen Zeldes, and Brian Thomas
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“1. Finance and Economics.”
In Columbia Business School
,
1
-28
.
Columbia University Press
,
2016.
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Chapter
Edwards, Franklin and Edward Morrison
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“Derivatives and Systemic Risk: What Role Can the Bankruptcy Code Play?”
In Systemic Financial Crises: Resolving Large Bank Insolvencies
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edited by George Kaufman
,
Cambridge, Mass.
:
MIT Press
,
2005.
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Chapter
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“U.S. Corporate Governance: What Went Wrong and Can It Be Fixed?”
In
Market Discipline Across Countries and Industries
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edited by Claudio Borio, William Curt Hunter, George G. Kaufman, and Kostas Tsatsaronis
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Cambridge, Mass.
:
MIT Press
,
2004.
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Chapter
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“The Regulation of Hedge Funds: Financial Stability and Investor Protection.”
In
Hedge Funds: Risks and Regulation
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edited by T. Baums and A. Cahn
,
Berlin
:
De Gruyter
,
2004.
This faculty member has no associated courses currently. Please check back next semester.
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Case Study
Edwards, Franklin and Daniel Sorid
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Corporate Governance at Hewlett-Packard, 1999–2005. New York
:
CaseWorks
,
2010.
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Case Study
Edwards, Franklin and Daniel Sorid
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Corporate Governance at Hewlett-Packard 1999–2005. Columbia Business School
:
CaseWorks
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2010.