Benedetti, H., Ross, S., Sarkar, S., & Spieler, A.C. (2025). Variations of a Social Finance Theme: Socially Responsible
Benedetti, H., & Calderón, C. (2025). The Social Impact of Fintech.
In The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance, (pp. 391-407). Palgrave Macmillan.
Financial technology (fintech) has
with Francisco Pavlic
In The Palgrave Handbook on Sovereign Wealth Funds (2024)
This chapter reviews the use of financial technologies (Fintechs) in sovereign wealth fund (SWF) operations. Fintechs
(with H. Kent Baker, Ehsan Nikbakht, and Sean Stein Smith )
The Emerald Handbook on Cryptoassets (forthcoming)
Since bitcoin’s introduction as the first cryptoasset in 2009,
(with Gabriel Rodríguez-Garnica )
The Emerald Handbook on Cryptoassets (2023)
Tokenization is a relatively new activity in digital finance. The standard features and characteristics
(with Sebastián Labbé )
The Emerald Handbook on Cryptoassets (forthcoming)
Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a technological infrastructure built on a blockchain networking environment
(with Luis Álvaro Abarzúa and Christian Cáceres )
The Emerald Handbook on Cryptoassets (forthcoming)
Utility tokens are digital currencies
Since bitcoin’s introduction as the first cryptoasset in 2009, this new asset class has generated considerable interest and excitement. A cryptoasset is a private digital asset that uses
Chapter 22: Trade Settlements (with Ehsan Nikbakht and Giga Zukhubaia) in The Emerald Handbook of Crypoassets: Investment Opportunities and Challenges
Currently, there are many inefficiencies
Public blockchains are permissionless blockchains, allowing universal access to read, write, and validate information stored in the network. This permissionless
nature also implies the intentional
