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Edoardo D. Martino

Edoardo D. Martino is Associate Professor of Law & Finance at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he serves as Programme Director of the LL.M. in Law & Finance. He’s also a Research Associate at the European Banking Institute (EBI). He holds a LL.M. and Ph.D. in Law & Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He teaches banking regulation and money & central bank law. His research focuses on the law & economics of banking and money.
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Smart Contracts Are Shifting Property Rights and Risk

Stefan Bechtold
In a forthcoming paper in the Yale Journal on Regulation, Stefan Bechtold, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Edoardo Martino, and Gideon Parchomovsky examine how smart contracts are transforming financial contracting by creating enforceable rights that bind third parties without the legal formalities property law has always required. This “property without law” phenomenon enhances financial efficiency while exposing the public to systemic risks beyond the reach of existing regulation.

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