Center on Finance, Law & Policy

Julian Brave NoiseCat gives the 2022 Commencement Charge of the Class. April, 2022.

Betsey Stevenson gives the remarks on behalf of the faculty at the 2022 Ford School Commencement. April, 2022.

Gerald Sill gives remarks on behalf of the graduating BA class at the 2022 Ford School Commencement. April, 2022.

Crystal Olalde-Garcia gives remarks on behalf of graduating MPP/MPA class at the 2022 Ford School Commencement. April, 2022.

With sovereign debt soaring, the issues of "how much debt is too much debt" and "what to do about it'' are likely to move once again from the technocratic realm of "quiet politics" into the electoral realm of "loud politics." This study extends ou

In this presentation, Professor Pierce will discuss how direct-to-consumer telemental health platforms create “gig” work arrangements for therapists working as independent contractors rather than full-time employees. March, 2022.

Ford School economists discuss inflation and labor market fluctuations threatening the fragile economic recovery. January, 2022.

Using qualitative interviews with workers and retirees from unionized jobs, this project investigates the ways that these adults provide help (both financial and practical) to their adult children, extended kin, and others. January 13, 2022.

This session features Professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes, the associate dean for academic affairs; Professor John Ciorciari, director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center; Cindy Bank, associate director of the Program for Pr

Jerry Davis will discuss the need for a new set of tools to understand and tame the new sources of economic power. December, 2021.

Professor of Economics and Law James Hines discusses the most sensible way to pay for the federal government, noting that the answer lies largely in higher tax rates, not in the many popularly-discussed alternatives. November, 2021.

Professor Rauterberg explores how these two divides interact and questions whether the current structure is socially optimal. October, 2021.

Professors Yimfor and Tookes use the investment advisory industry as a laboratory to test whether there are improvements in employee misconduct following M&A events ("misconduct synergies''). September, 2021.

“Insider giving” is a potent substitute for insider trading. Professor Seyhun and co-authors S. Burcu Avci, Cindy A. Schipani, and Andrew Verstein show that insider giving is far more widespread than previously believed. 

Terri Friedline explains how the financial industry needs a revolution -not the impending revolution driven by technology. March 2021.

This event is hosted by the African Studies Center and organized as part of U-M's Africa Week, which brings together thought leaders in higher education, industry, and government for a series of discussions on the key issues and opportunities

Peter Adriaens explains how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) measurement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, and Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) are increasingly important considerations to manage growth and climate

Linda Tesar reviews some recent evidence on the impact of  COVID-19 on economic activity in the US and abroad and will discuss some of the ways that macroeconomists have begun to model the "COVID shock" and its economic effects.

Luke Shaefer discusses the questions of principle and practicality in this journey, as well as the expected impacts on child poverty were it to become law. December 2020.

Chris Brummer of Georgetown Law School takes a deep dive on CBDCs with former CFTC Commissioner Chris Giancarlo, economist Dr. Lisa Cook from Michigan State University, Morgan Ricks of Vanderbilt Law School, and Bejoy Das Gupta of eCurrency.

POLITICO’s Victoria Guida, Malavika Raghavan of Dvara Research, Jo Ann Barefoot of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, and Douglas Arner of Hong Kong University discuss how wide the regulatory perimeter is or could be.

The National Bank of Cambodia is innovating fast. In this keynote address, Her Excellency Chea Serey describes the evolving role of the central bank in currency, data, cybersecurity, and supervision.

Kaitlin Asrow of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco leads a panel discussion with former CGAP Senior Financial Sector Consultant David Medine, Sopnendu Mohanty of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and iSPIRT’s Siddharth Shetty.

Should financial institutions be treated like utilities?

Daniel Gorfine of the Digital Dollar Project offers an easy-to-follow primer on the basics of central bank digital currencies at the 2020 Central bank of the Future Conference.

Timothy Massad, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and former Chairman of the CFTC, kicks off Day 2 of the 2020 Central Bank of the Future Conference.

Futurist, engineer, and storyteller Dr. Claire Nelson of the Futures Forum kicks off the 2020 Central Bank of the Future Conference by urging central bankers to be systems thinkers, prioritizing moral metrics above all.

What is COVID-19 teaching central banks?

Mary C. Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and Tracy A.

Kathryn Dominguez, professor at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy, moderates a panel of experts who have ideas on how central banks can do more to address inequality, including Julia Coronado from MacroPolicy Perspectives, Vi