Hester Peirce

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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.
Latest Work
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Finance Is in the midst of a Regulatory Reform Quilting Bee
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Reframing Dodd-Frank: Hester Peirce’s Ideas for Reform
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Eliminating Dodd-Frank's Overrated Escape Hatch
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Rethinking Regulatory Framework
- | 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
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The OCC's Unimaginative Approach to Innovation
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Reforming the Financial Regulators
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Clearing, Recovering, and Resolving
Latest Work
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Finance Is in the midst of a Regulatory Reform Quilting Bee
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
Reframing Dodd-Frank: Hester Peirce’s Ideas for Reform
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Eliminating Dodd-Frank's Overrated Escape Hatch
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Rethinking Regulatory Framework
- | 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
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The OCC's Unimaginative Approach to Innovation
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Reforming the Financial Regulators
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Clearing, Recovering, and Resolving
Latest Work
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Finance Is in the midst of a Regulatory Reform Quilting Bee
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Eliminating Dodd-Frank's Overrated Escape Hatch
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Rethinking Regulatory Framework
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
It's Springtime in Washington, and Regulatory Reform Blossoms
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The OCC's Unimaginative Approach to Innovation
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Clearing, Recovering, and Resolving
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Business as Usual at the CFPB Is Not Good for Consumers
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- | Event Video Event Video
Book Release: Reframing Financial Regulation

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Failure to Repeal Dodd-Frank Is What Should Have Us Scared
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Financing the Future: The Role of the Financial System in Fostering Economic Growth
