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The Equitable Economy

ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Credit Ratings: What Are They Good For?

Bo Becker
The financial crisis of 2008–10 revealed that ratings are imperfect and potentially biased measures of credit risk. Analyzing a large number of mutual fund...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

How the Market Can Help Break the Glass Ceiling for Women in Management

Lars Persson
A new CEPR working paper investigates how product market competition and gender-specific management career hurdles affect the gender wage gap for managers. The findings...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Why Are There So Few Bankers on American Corporate Boards?

Eric Hilt
Relatively few American companies have bankers on their boards. New research reveals that bankers were commonly represented on corporate boards in the 19th century,...
Income Inequality

Any Press is Good Press? Study Finds Federal Investigations of University Responses to Sexual Misconduct Cases May Help Enrollments

Dave E. Marcotte
Despite concerns among administrators that news coverage of campus sexual assault will harm universities’ reputations and bottom lines, a study finds an increase in applications...
Income Inequality

When It Comes to Gender Imbalances, Academia’s Ignorance Is Self-Serving

Renée Adams
The Ravina vs. Columbia case illustrates that challenging the status quo can be immensely costly. We economists should collectively think about how we can...
Academic Capture

Why Every Good Economist Should Be Feminist

Luigi Zingales
As every good economist knows, markets work best when they are competitive. Therefore, every good economist should also be a feminist, defending a level...
Income Inequality

How to Even Out the Pains and Gains from International Trade

Michael E. Waugh
The idea of creating transfer schemes to compensate the losers from international trade yet still preserve some of the gains faces a myriad of...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Corporate Auditing Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It

Karthik Ramanna
The ostensive watchdogs of market disclosure have become poster boys for corporate chicanery, argues Karthik Ramanna of Oxford’s Blavatnik School.     Auditors are in the business of...
Income Inequality

When Social Policy Saves Lives: Analyzing Trends in Mortality Inequality in the United States and France

Hannes Schwandt
Understanding how inequalities in health and inequalities in income are connected is key for policymaking. New research analyzing mortality trends in the United States...
Commentary

The World Cup of Fraud

Steven A. Bank
Scandal-rocked FIFA has sought to scrub up its image by bringing in ostensibly disinterested outsiders to fill oversight roles. Here, Steven A. Bank argues...
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