TY - BOOK AU - Georgakopoulos, Nicholas L. TI - The logic of securities law / SN - 9781316610992 U1 - 346.730666 PY - 2018/// CY - Delhi: PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - Securities KW - Securities United States KW - United States N1 - Includes Bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction. Real markets and financial markets Part I. Definition of a Security: When to Leave Buyer Beware for Seller Disclose? 2. Toward defining a security 3. The vacuous definition of a security 4. The function of investment contract 5. Pricing mechanisms 6. From the sale of business doctrine to Gustafson 7. Gustafson works! 8. Definition conclusion Part II. Disclosure: Why Subsidize Informed Traders? 9. Introduction 10. An overview of disclosure theories 11. The failure of the corporate disclosure decision Part III. Deterrence of Securities Fraud 12. Introduction to deterrence intensity 13. Comparing the economic function of deceit to that of securities fraud 14. Reliance in deceit and securities fraud 15. Conclusion of deterrence intensity Part IV. Insider Trading 16. Introduction to insider trading 17. Insider trading law 18. Defining insiders 19. Concluding the insider trading analysis Part V. The Virtuous Cycle of Liquid Markets, Accurate Prices and Cheap Trading 20. The virtuous cycle 21. Closing note: financial crises and securities law. Appendix Biblioghraphy Index N2 - Finance is alien to our daily experience and its regulation is incomprehensible. This book reveals the world of finance and shows the engine of its regulation with simplicity, examining securities law in great detail. (Source: WorldCat) ER -