Comparative Political Economy: Financial Markets in the U.S. and Germany

Craig Zabala

I am currently undertaking a multi-phase research program in comparative political economy. This project encompasses several studies, including “Comparative Capitalism Research: Financial Sector Self-Regulatory Regimes in the US and Germany,” “Financial Markets in the US and Germany: Toward an Independent European Financial Ecosystem,” and “Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets in Capital Markets: Implications for Central Banking.” In parallel, I am pursuing research in management science with particular attention to  entrepreneurship across the spectrum from start-ups to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as in economics, where my work examines the dynamics of technical change within the theory of production and its implications for firm and plant-level productivity.