In this working paper, Bachman, Chakravorti, Rane, and Thyagarajan propose an incentive mechanism to remove CO2 from the atmosphere using direct air carbon capture and storage technology using distributed ledger technology.
Bob Chakravorti was a guest lecture in Heather Russell's graduate law FinTech Program at Boston University Law School. Bob discussed the potential roles for cryptocurrencies and blockchains in finance.
In his opening keynote at NASAA, Bob Chakravorti gave an overview of the impact of FinTech firms on the financial services industry. He spoke about how these firms are impacting payments, lending, wealth and asset management, and alternative currencies. In addition, he discussed the role of regulation generally and the...
In his presentation at the Sorting the Hype Cycle Colloquium sponsored by Filene and the University of California, Irvine, Bob Chakravorti discussed the intersection between finance and technology and the opportunities in untapped market segments.
In his presentation in Madrid, Spain in April 2017, Bob Chakravorti discussed how the financial sector is rapidly changing because of new products and services brought to market by FinTech firms. Specifically, he discusses certain market segments where new entrants are reducing market frictions. He puts forth how incumbent financial...
In his testimony, Bob Chakravorti elaborated on the following areas: first, the state of the economic literature on the costs and benefits of capital regulation; second, the enormous changes that we have seen post-crisis in the bank capital regulatory landscape and the ensuing changes to the quality and quantity of...