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Franklin Allen

Franklin Allen is the Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Titles by This Author

Financial Innovation and Risk Sharing

By Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale

Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale have contributed substantially to the study of financial innovation, developing economic models to address the question of whether the market provides institutions and opportunities for individuals to share risks efficiently.

Comparing Financial Systems

By Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale

Financial systems are crucial to the allocation of resources in a modern economy. They channel household savings to the corporate sector and allocate investment funds among firms; they allow intertemporal smoothing of consumption by households and expenditures by firms; and they enable households and firms to share risks. These functions are common to the financial systems of most developed economies. Yet the form of these financial systems varies widely. Why do different countries have such different financial systems? Is one system better than all the others?