Working Paper
Cryptography and the economics of supervisory information: balancing transparency and confidentiality
Flood, Mark D.; Smith, Adam; Katz, Jonathan; Ong, Stephen J. (2013)
We elucidate the tradeoffs between transparency and confidentiality in the context of financial regulation. The structure of information in financial contexts creates incentives with a pervasive effect on financial institutions and their relationships. This includes supervisory institutions, which must balance the opposing forces of confidentiality and transparency that arise from their examination and disclosure duties. Prudential supervision can expose confidential information to examiners who have a duty to protect it. Disclosure policies work to reduce information asymmetries, empowering ...
Working Papers (Old Series) , Paper 1312