Kilian Huber
Kilian Huber is an assistant professor in economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Inequality
The Economic Costs of Discriminating Against Top Talent: Insights From Nazi Germany
A new study looks at the discrimination of Jewish managers in Germany in the 1930s and shows how the rise of a...
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Stigler’s Interest-Group Theory of Regulation: A Skeptical Note
As a rule, regulation is not acquired by “the industry,” and it is not designed and operated primarily for its benefit. The...
Antitrust and Competition
The Durable Impact of Stigler’s Theory of Economic Regulation
George Stigler’s “The Theory of Economic Regulation” was an early application of public choice reasoning to a practical problem—the work of regulatory...
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Economic Regulation After George Stigler
George Stigler’s “The Theory of Economic Regulation” has left a lasting impact on the academic and real-world practice of regulatory policy. Fifty...
Coronavirus
Female Academics Are Disproportionately Affected By Covid-19 Disruptions In Childcare
A new paper finds that academics who are parents to young children, and especially mothers, have lost a significant amount of research...
Antitrust and Competition
Rethinking Competition: From Market Failures to Ecosystem Failures
Despite the overwhelming importance of digital platforms, and the chatter around their recent rise, our understanding of digital ecosystems is still limited....
Corporate Governance
A Famed Economist’s Public Company U-Turn
Michael Jensen, a leading late 20th century economist, pivoted from praising public companies in the 1970s to assailing public company governance in...
Antitrust and Competition
Chinese Antitrust 2.0: Why Is China Going After Its Big Tech?
In an interview with ProMarket, Angela Huyue Zhang, author of a new book Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism, discusses the motivations behind the recent...
