Professor Victoria Schwartz Discusses "The Celebrity Stock Market" -- Ipse Dixit Podcast

June 6, 2019 | Professor Victoria L. Schwartz discussed her article, "The Celebrity Stock Market," on an Ipse Dixit podcast episode hosted by Brian L. Frye of the University of Kentucky School of Law. Professor Schwartz's article is published in the U.C. Davis Law Review U.C. Davis L. Rev.2033 (2019) (SSRN).

From Ipse Dixit "Victoria Schwartz on Celebrity Stock Markets"

In this episode, Victoria L. Schwartz, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law, discusses her article "The Celebrity Stock Market," which was published in the UC Davis Law Review. Schwartz observes that many potential celebrities, including entertainers and athletes, lack the capital to invest efficiently in their careers, and that transaction costs prevent efficient private investment. Accordingly, she proposes liberalizing and expanding "human equity" investment. She discusses related proposals in relation to education, and observes that human equity investment in celebrities makes more sense, because of the lack of public investment. She observes that a "celebrity stock market" could facilitate more efficient investment, and that potential problems seem less serious than the existing alternatives. Schwartz is on Twitter at @ProfVSchwartz.

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