SPECIAL POLICY BRIEFS
SPB 30: Hedge Funds:
Response to Deregulation
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Randall Dodd, December 21, 2006
SPB 29: On The Hedge Fund
Question: A Program of Reckless Complacency
PDF version
Randall Dodd, October 30, 2006
SPB 28: Unlimited Greed:
How Executives Used Employee Stock Options to Raid the U.S. Treasury
Randall Dodd, September 21, 2006
SPB 27: Derivatives Exchanges in Emerging Markets:
New Data
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Randall Dodd, September 14, 2005
SPB 26: Rumors and News: Credit Derivatives Trigger Near Systemic Meltdown
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Randall Dodd, August 5, 2005
SPB 25: Derivatives Near
$300 Trillion
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Randall Dodd, July 5, 2005
SPB 24: Derivatives Use Up
Big at US Banks
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Randall Dodd, May 12, 2005
SPB 23: Providing Credit
In Times Of Crisis
Randall Dodd, March 24, 2005
(Prepared for Consultation on
Financing for Development in Nairobi, Kenya, March 31, 2005)
SPB 22:
Derivatives Trading In Developing Countries Up Sharply
Randall Dodd,
January 28, 2005
SPB 21:
Banks Report Growing Exposure to Credit Losses
Randall Dodd, December 29, 2004
SPB 20: New Data on Surge in Derivatives Activity
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Randall Dodd, December 21, 2004
SPB 19: Banks’ Derivatives Use Grows by 21%
Randall Dodd, October 12, 2004
SPB 18: Protecting Developing Countries from Price Shocks
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Randall Dodd, September 21, 2004
SPB 17: The Wealth Curse from Natural Resources
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Randall Dodd, August 1, 2004
SPB 16:
OTC Derivatives Market – Markets Reach
nearly $200 trillion
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Randall Dodd, May 18, 2004
SPB 15: New Data on Derivatives Market – Developing Countries Move Up
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Randall Dodd, April 6, 2004
SPB 14: Managing the Economic Impact from Foreign Capital Flows
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Randall Dodd, Presentation to UN
Economic and Social Council, March 22, 2004
SPB 13: Mutual Funds Scandal: A Gauntlet of Fraud
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Randall Dodd, Updated January 20,
2004
(Notes
on method for calculating mutual fund losses)
SPB
12: forthcoming report on credit derivatives
SPB 11: New Data on Derivatives Markets from BIS and OCC
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Randall Dodd, January 5, 2004
SPB 10: New BIS Data on Derivatives Markets
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Randall Dodd, November 14, 2003
SPB 9: Important New Data on Derivatives
Randall Dodd, September 25, 2003
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SPB 8: New Derivatives Data Shows Increased Credit Risk
Randall Dodd, September 17, 2003
SPB 7: New DSC Database on Derivatives in Developing Countries
Andrew Johnson, August 6, 2003
SPB 6: Updates on BIS Triennial Survey of Global Derivatives Markets
Andrew Johnson and Randall Dodd,
July 30, 2003
SPB 5: Accounting for Derivatives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Randall Dodd, July 2003
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SPB 4: Restoring Trust and Confidence, and Restoring Liquidity in Energy Markets
Randall Dodd, October 2002
SPB 3: Learning Our Lessons: A Short History of Market Manipulation
Randall Dodd and Jason Hoody – April
9, 2002
SPB 2: Enron: Derivatives And The Damage Done
Randall Dodd and Jason Hoody – March
12, 2002
SPB 1: The Bigger They Come, The Harder They Fail:
Enron’s Lesson for Deregulation
Randall Dodd – February 7, 2002
Primers
Primer: Derivatives
Primer: Derivatives Instruments
Primer: Derivatives for journalists
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on IPD website
Primer: Glossary of Derivatives Terms
Primer: The Structure of OTC Derivatives Markets
Primer: Hedge Funds
Primer: Employee Stock Options: Basics
Primer: Employee Stock Options: Recent History
Primer: Mortgage Backed Securities
[PDF version]
Primer: Transaction Taxes
Primer: Sovereign Debt Restructuring
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