Does Finance Benefit Society?

Luigi Zingales

No 10350, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Academics' view of the benefits of finance vastly exceeds societal perception. This dissonance is at least partly explained by an under-appreciation by academia of how, without proper rules, finance can easily degenerate into a rent-seeking activity. I outline what finance academics can do, from a research point of view and from an educational point of view, to promote good finance and minimize the bad.

Keywords: Financial development; Financial integration; Rent seeking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G00 O43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01
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