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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

“Comments for Sale”: Charitable Donations Can Lead Non-profits to Support Corporate Regulatory Agendas

Marianne Bertrand
A new paper shows how financial ties between companies and non-profits can subvert rulemaking process and lead to regulations that favor the interests of...
Money in Politics

The Rise of Business Politicians

Ilona Babenko
Over the last two decades, the share of senior corporate executives holding national political office has increased in the United States as well as...
Commentary

The Costs of Political Misalignment: Forest Fires and Bank Loans in Turkey

Orkun Saka
Recent wildfires in Turkey have not only destroyed more than 95,000 hectares of its coastal forestland but also divided the country further into its...
News

How Unusual is the Recent Boom in Profits and Values of US Listed Corporations?

Dmitry Kuvshinov
In the past decades, the US stock market and business profits have been growing much faster than the rest of the economy. A new...
Covid-19

The Digital Divide During Epidemics: Who Benefits From New Financial Technologies?

Orkun Saka
A new paper finds that exposure to an epidemic in the current year significantly increases the likelihood that an individual completes financial transactions via...
News

Reaching for Influence: Do Banks Use Loans to Establish Political Connections?

Mahsa Kaviani
A new study examines whether privately-owned banks seek political influence by offering preferred loan terms to corporate borrowers with valuable political connections, showing that...
Antitrust and Competition

A New Antitrust Under Biden? Lessons From the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Baker
The early history of the Sherman Antitrust Act offers relevant insights to contemporary debates on how to best enforce antitrust laws. In fact, the...
Antitrust and Competition

Who Benefits From Competitive State-Level Legislatures?

Manav Raj
A new paper finds that when interparty competition in state legislatures is high, well-connected and influential incumbent firms are best able to take advantage...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

No More “Mystery Meat”: Why We Need Better Corporate Governance Data

Jens Frankenreiter
Three decades of finance, economics, and legal studies in corporate governance have been built substantially on data sets with nearly unknown provenance. A new...
Antitrust and Competition

Concentration in the EU: Where It is Increasing and Why

Pauline Affeldt
Increasing concentration is not unique to the US—recent studies show that concentration is rising in Europe as well, although to a lesser extent than...
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