Daniel Metzger
Daniel Metzger is Professor of Finance and Chair of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance at Rotterdam School of Management. He is a research member at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and a research association at the Financial Markets Group at LSE. His research interests are at the confluence of labor economics and corporate finance, entrepreneurship, and corporate governance.
Corporate Governance
Millennials and Gen Z Are Willing to Accept Lower Wages to Work in More Sustainable Firms
Firms in more environmentally friendly sectors are better able to attract and retain talent and at lower wages. Millennials and Gen Z,...
Rent seeking
Do Wages in High-Earning Sectors Always Reflect Skills?
Did the soaring wages in finance go in hand with a better selection of talented individuals into the sector? The evidence suggests no.
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Antitrust and Competition
A New Browser Extension Aims to Bring Transparency to Big Tech Funding
As Congress prepares to debate a series of new antitrust bills, the Big Tech Funding browser extension encourages lawmakers to be mindful...
Antitrust and Competition
What Are They Hiding? What Firms Don’t Want Us to Know About Their Economic Development Incentives
State and local governments offer firms all kinds of incentives in hopes of spurring local economic development. New research finds that a...
Corporate Governance
Two Years After the Business Roundtable Statement: Pointing in the Right Direction
The 2019 Business Roundtable statement was a welcome break from the position that the nation’s top corporate CEOs took in 1997, when...
Economic History Series
The Complicated Legacy of the “Chicago Boys” in Chile
How did a group of Chicago-trained economists manage to turn Chile into the cradle of neoliberalism? As the country aims to move...
Corporate Governance
“Comments for Sale”: Charitable Donations Can Lead Non-profits to Support Corporate Regulatory Agendas
A new paper shows how financial ties between companies and non-profits can subvert rulemaking process and lead to regulations that favor the...
Antitrust and Competition
The DOJ’s “New Madison” Doctrine Disregards Both the Economics and the Law of Innovation
DOJ’s “New Madison” approach to antitrust and intellectual property law dictates that antitrust should stay out of disputes over patents, even when...
Corporate Governance
Two Years Later, Has the Business Roundtable Statement Transformed Capitalism?
Two years after the Business Roundtable redefined its statement of Purpose of a Corporation to include “a fundamental commitment to all of...
