👋 Welcome — A Quick Introduction

 Hello, and welcome to my blog! This is my first post, and I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and share what I’ll be writing about here.

My research sits at the intersection of law, finance, and trust. I’m particularly interested in how legal structures—like contracts, enforcement mechanisms, and institutional design—shape pricing, risk, and behavior in financial markets, especially in the world of debt.

I work with complex, often messy public data: bond covenants, trust agreements, court records, regulatory disclosures—you name it. Using empirical methods, I try to uncover the subtle ways that legal opacity, asymmetric information, and strategic enforcement create friction in how markets operate.

This blog is where I’ll occasionally unpack parts of that work in a more informal, accessible way. I may share early ideas, data curiosities, or reflections on how legal and financial institutions interact—sometimes in ways that are overlooked by traditional analysis.

Whether you’re a fellow researcher, a policy thinker, or just someone curious about how the legal plumbing of financial markets really works, I hope you’ll find something here that sparks your interest.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned!

— Rodney