Hester Peirce
- Former Senior Research Fellow
Hester Peirce was a senior research fellow from 2012-2018. She departed Mercatus to serve on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and was sworn in on January 11, 2018.
Before joining Mercatus, Peirce served on Senator Richard Shelby’s staff on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. In that position, she worked on financial regulatory reform following the financial crisis of 2008 as well as oversight of the regulatory implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Peirce served at the Securities and Exchange Commission as a staff attorney and as counsel to Commissioner Paul S. Atkins. Before that, she clerked for Judge Roger B. Andewelt on the Court of Federal Claims and was an associate at a Washington, DC law firm.
Hester Peirce earned her BA in economics from Case Western Reserve University and her JD from Yale Law School.
Publications & Appearances
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Finance Is in the midst of a Regulatory Reform Quilting Bee
Today’s policymakers have many ideas to consider as they go about their regulatory quiltmaking.
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
Reframing Dodd-Frank: Hester Peirce’s Ideas for Reform
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Dodd-Frank was enacted in response to the financial crisis, but has it done what it was…
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Eliminating Dodd-Frank's Overrated Escape Hatch
If the OLA is removed from regulators’ toolbox, other regulatory reforms can address the concerns that led to the decision to…
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Rethinking Regulatory Framework
The Department of the Treasury is undertaking a review of our financial regulatory system to assess how well it conforms to a…
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Reforming the Financial System So It Works for the Rest of the System
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Response to Presidential Memorandum on Fiduciary Duty Rule
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
It's Springtime in Washington, and Regulatory Reform Blossoms
This spring’s regulatory reform discussions will only succeed if they explore ways to effectively regulate the financial system…
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The OCC's Unimaginative Approach to Innovation
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is refashioning itself to be innovation friendly. It started appropriately by…
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Reforming the Financial Regulators
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Clearing, Recovering, and Resolving
Today’s clearinghouses hold a complicated, diverse set of products and are heavily interconnected with one another and with a…