Fabio da Silva Soares
Fabio da Silva Soares is a Research Professional at the Stigler Center, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business.
Coronavirus
Lack of Trust in Doctors Undermines Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy
Recent data from the Financial Trust Index (FTI) reveals that Americans are not as willing to be vaccinated as the government expects....
Coronavirus
Financial Trust Index, Covid-Edition: The CDC Is the Most Trusted Institution in America
A special wave of the Booth/Kellogg Financial Trust Index shows a high level of compliance with social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders. Approximately 45...
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Antitrust and Competition
How to Make the Market for Real Estate Agents More Competitive
Delinking buyer and seller commissions will make markets for real estate agent services more competitive, allowing buyers and sellers to negotiate commissions...
Corporate Governance
Dislocation, Dislocation, Dislocation: Covid, the Retail Crisis, and REITs
In an excerpt from his new book Retail Recovery, retail expert and author Mark Pilkington explores the impact of the sector's decline...
Corporate Governance
Addressing Climate Change Must Begin with Verifiable Carbon Accounting
Robert Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna propose a new approach for verifiable accounting on indirect corporate emissions that would apply to all corporations,...
Antitrust and Competition
The FTC Was Correct to Withdraw the Vertical Merger Guidelines
The 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines, now withdrawn by the FTC, did not represent sound merger policy, argues Steven Salop; rather, they were...
Economic History Series
The Chicago Planning Program and the Interdisciplinary Tradition of the Chicago School
The Chicago Planning Program, an interdisciplinary program that operated at the University of Chicago between 1947 and 1956, is an often-neglected part...
Antitrust and Competition
Why a “Whole-of-Government” Approach is the Solution to Antitrust’s Current Labor Problem
For the majority of America’s regulatory history, the problem of employer monopsony was understood as a competition policy issue that required direct...
Antitrust and Competition
Antitrust Law’s Unwritten Rules of Unfair Competition
Does the Sherman Act actually “protect competition, not competitors”? An examination of the case law reveals a more nuanced picture, in which...
