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Democracy

Different Voting Methods Produce Different—and More Accurate—Results

Aaron Hamlin
There is a significant ongoing debate in the United States on the merits of plurality voting (how most American elections are conducted) and how...
Commentary

Corporate Political Responsibility in a Captured Economy

Claudine Schneider
Most attention on corporate governance has focused on businesses’ social responsibility. Claudine Schneider and Ed Dolan write that businesses need to take into account...
Populism

The Historical Cost of Populism

Moritz Schularick
Most work on populism has investigated the reasons why voters choose populist leaders and governments. In new research, Moritz Schularick,  Christoph Trebesch, and  Manuel...
Commentary

How the Start-Up Nation Could Fail

Lucian Bebchuk
Lucian Bebchuk and Oliver Hart explain why Israel’s proposed legal transformation would undermine not only its democracy but also its economy. Israel’s ruling coalition is...
Commentary

What Are The Media For?

Surya Gowda
In response to ProMarket's debate about the Twitter Files and the roles of social media and traditional media, Surya Gowda argues that a more...
Democracy

Climate Change Is Shifting Voter Behavior in Low-Income Countries

Amrit Amirapu
Farmers in low-income countries have multiple channels through which they respond to climate change. Some switch to growing more heat-resilient crops or crops that...
Democracy

Elections Hinder Companies’ Access to Credit

Florian Léon
A large body of literature has produced uncertain conclusions about how elections affect firms’ access to credit. In a wide-ranging analysis of firm behavior...
Commentary

How Financial Contracting Could Help the Police Force Manage Its Aims More Effectively

Hamid Mehran
Hamid Mehran proposes funded deferred pay, an incentive structure to mitigate the risk and costs of police misconduct. To be sure, police are doing a...
Culture & Society

How Do Cultural Stereotypes Spread Through Multinational Banks?

Barry Eichengreen
In new research, Barry Eichengreen and Orkun Saka find that trust, shaped by cultural stereotypes, partially determines how multilateral banks decide which countries’ sovereign...
Covid-19

Event Notes: How Will China Move on from the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Utsav Gandhi
Countries around the world have overseen wide-ranging public health responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. On June 10, the Stigler Center hosted a panel of...
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