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Christopher Stewart

Christopher Stewart is an associate professor of accounting and FMC Faculty Fellow at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. His research, which lies at the intersection of accounting, corporate finance, and industrial organization, is primarily concerned with addressing questions that broaden our understanding of how accounting information, corporate disclosure, and transparency shapes product market competition.
Antitrust and Competition

American Companies Expect Their Customers To Stay Much Longer. That May Be Making the Economy Less Competitive

Christopher Stewart
In new research, Li Azinovic-Yang, John D. Kepler, Ava E. Speros, and Christopher R. Stewart find that over the last two decades, companies in the United States have grown to expect customer relationships to last longer, mostly due to higher costs associated with switching to competitors’ products. Over the long term, this lock-in reduces competition and consumer welfare.
Antitrust and Competition

How Thousands of Tech and Pharma Mergers Escape Antitrust Scrutiny

Christopher Stewart
New research from Christopher Stewart, John Kepler, and Charles McClure shows that thousands of large mergers and acquisitions bypass antitrust review because current regulatory thresholds ignore intangible assets like intellectual property and customer data. These unreported deals, particularly in tech and pharma sectors, show signs of being more anticompetitive - with higher premiums paid, increased market power for acquirers, and evidence of "killer acquisitions" in pharmaceuticals.

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