The Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) was created in September 2009 to integrate financial economics and rigorous data analytics into the core mission of the SEC. The Division is involved across the entire range of SEC activities, including policy-making, rule-making, enforcement, and examination. Learn more about the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Learn more

Recent Outreach

Eleventh Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation

SP Kothari speaking

Latest Staff Papers & Academic Publications

  • Chowdhury K.P., 2023, Nonparametric functional analysis under joint estimation with applications to identifying highly cited papers, Journal of Informetrics, forthcoming.
    Academic Publication
  • Knyazeva, A., Smith, E. (2023). Private Investments in Public Equity. In: Cumming, D., Hammer, B. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
    Academic Publication
  • Tick Sizes and Market Quality: Revisiting the Tick Size Pilot
    Working Paper
  • Kerry Back, Paul Barton, Mediation and strategic delay in bargaining and markets, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 141, 2022, 104377.
    Academic Publication
  • Chandler Lutz, Lu Han, Ben Sand, and Derek Stacey, 2021, The Effects of a Targeted Financial Constraint on the Housing Market, Review of Financial Studies, Volume 34, Issue 8, August 2021, Pages 3742-3788.
    Academic Publication
  • Giulio Girardi, Kathleen W. Hanley, Stanislava Nikolova, Loriana Pelizzon, Mila Getmansky Sherman, Portfolio similarity and asset liquidation in the insurance industry, Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 142, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 69-96.
    Academic Publication
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Jessica Wachter
Chief Economist and Director, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis

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