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Corporate Governance Externalities: How Directors’ Reputational Concerns Shape Governance of Other Firms

Roy Shapira
A new paper by Wharton’s Doron Levit and Carroll’s Nadya Malenko fleshes out the role that reputation plays in shaping the structure and effectiveness of...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The US Government Loses As Much As $111 Billion Annually Due to Corporate Tax Dodging

ProMarket writers
Report: For every dollar spent on lobbying, the 50 largest corporations received more than $4,000 in government support. The US government is losing as much...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Stigler Center Talk: Uber and the Future of Work-On-Demand

ProMarket writers
David Plouffe,  board member and Chief Advisor at Uber, is coming to give a talk at the Stigler Center. Within seven years, Uber has managed...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Is There a Crisis in the Economic Theory of the Firm? Participants at Harvard Business School Conference Agree: Firms Try to Change the Rules...

Asher Schechter
A novel conference at Harvard Business School brought together top scholars in order to answer the question: Is Milton Friedman’s dictum that firms that...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The Heirs of John D. Rockefeller Divest from Fossil Fuels, Slam Exxon Mobil as “Morally Reprehensible”

ProMarket writers
The Rockefeller Family Fund announced on Wednesday that it will be divesting entirely from fossil fuels, due to the industry’s stance on climate change.   The...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Stigler Center Talk: Robert Bilott on How to Protect Our Drinking Water

ProMarket writers
The lawyer who has been dubbed "DuPont's Worst Nightmare" will discuss the legal, regulatory, political, and scientific challenges of addressing unregulated chemical contaminants in drinking...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

“The United States Has Lost the Will and Ability to Prosecute Top Corporate Executives”

Asher Schechter
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jesse Eisinger speaks about executive impunity and the key to justice in America.   In January, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a scathing indictment...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Can a CEO in Good Conscience Not Be a Crony Capitalist?

Luigi Zingales
The above question — posed by Brucest1, a reader of this blog — is extremely important and deserves a fully articulated answer. Brucest1 seems to conclude that a...
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