# In a co-authored paper, Prof. Viral Acharya calls for a Repo Resolution Authority

Research in the News

— April 27, 2012

As seen in: Dow Jones

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Excerpt from [Dow Jones](http://www.nasdaq.com/article/new-research-paper-calls-for-repo-resolution-authority-20120427-00985) -- "[Acharya](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/viral-acharya) has his doubts that the FDIC has the expertise to resolve a financial institution with significant exposure to the shadow banking system. 'At the midnight hour, we call the FDIC, but these institutions are more complex than the FDIC can handle,' Acharya said."

[Read more](http://www.nasdaq.com/article/new-research-paper-calls-for-repo-resolution-authority-20120427-00985)

Additional coverage appeared on [Fox Business](http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/04/27/new-research-paper-calls-for-repo-resolution-authority/).