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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

How Much Can We Trust Index Funds on Climate Change?

Roberto Tallarita
According to a theory that is gaining support among academics and practitioners, we should expect index fund managers to undertake the role of “climate...
Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust Should Be Used as a Targeted Response to Employer Concentration, But It Can’t Do Everything

Gregor Schubert
A large and growing body of research demonstrates that employer concentration affects the wages of many American workers. Antitrust is an important tool in...
News

Who Bears the Cost of Administrative Problems in Health Care?

Joshua Gottlieb
A new paper explores the resources consumed by the complicated billing process in health care and the process’ impact on patients’ access to care. Health...
Antitrust and Competition

Tech Platforms and the Antitrust Duty to Deal

Erik Hovenkamp
Why is there a widespread view that existing American antitrust law is ill-equipped to address dominant platforms that exclude or discriminate against rivals? How...
Covid-19

Study: the Covid-19 Eviction Moratoriums Helped Reduce Food Insecurity and Mental Stress

Nitzan Tzur Ilan
A new study investigates the impact of 2020 Covid-19 rental eviction moratoria on the wellbeing of US households, finding that eviction moratoria across the...
Academic Capture

Academic Gatekeepers, Real and Imagined, Are Threatening the Credibility of the Field of Political Finance 


Renée Adams
One objective of political finance is to hold power to account. However, gatekeeping, both direct and indirect, is keeping important work from being conducted...
Academic Capture

A Call for Comments: Have You Been Affected by Academic Gatekeeping?

Luigi Zingales
On Friday, ProMarket published a piece by Renée Adams about the impact of academic gatekeeping in political finance. Do you have a similar story...
News

Fracking Can Lead to Elevated Salt Levels in Surface Water, Study Finds

Jana Kasperkevic
A new study finds that fracking can lead to increased salt levels in water surfaces, especially during the early stages of production and in...
News

How Interest Groups Utilize Reverse Revolving Doors to Influence Legislative Voting

Miguel Alquézar Yus
A new study finds that legislators who worked for interest groups before taking office influence the voting behavior of their colleagues when the motion...
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...
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