Michael S. Barr

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Big Data in Finance

Highlights from the Big Data in Finance Conference

October 28, 2016

Michael S. Barr, Brian Koziara, Alfred Hero, H.V. Jagadish

How can financial data be made more accessible and more secure, as well as more useful to regulators, market participants, and the public? As new data sets are created, opportunities emerge. Vast quantities of financial data may help identify...

Working Paper

Too LIBOR, Too Late: Time to Move to a Market Rate

July 21, 2015

Michael S. Barr

Barclays has been fined, the British have issued their report, and now the market is anxious for everything to go on as usual with the London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”). I think that would be a serious mistake. The U.S. and British...

Working Paper

Minority and Women Entrepreneurs: Building Capital, Networks, and Skills

March 15, 2015

Michael S. Barr

The problem The obstacles faced by small business owners—lack of access to capital, still-developing business skills, and insufficient business networks for peer support, investment, and business opportunities—can be particularly acute for women...

Systemic Risk & Market Integrity

Algorithmic market manipulation

March 2018

Michael Wellman, Uday Rajan, Gabriel Rauterberg, Michael S. Barr, Xintong Wang, Megan Shearer

By combining finance, machine learning, and computational game theory with law and policy, University of Michigan faculty from the College of Engineering, the Ross School of Business, the Law School, and the Ford School of Public Policy are building new models for thinking about and detecting spoofing and other...

Financial Inclusion

Central Bank of the Future

December 2018 - June 2021

Michael S. Barr, Adrienne A. Harris

In partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, this project explores the mandate and design of central banks to consider whether they might play an even stronger role in promoting financial inclusion, financial health, and a more inclusive...