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A Founder of the Blockchain Discusses New Research on Inherent Limitations to Bitcoin

In the latest Stigler Center working paper, Chicago Booth's Eric Budish argues that game-theoretic constraints imply there are "intrinsic economic limits to how economically...

Does the Growth of Bitcoin Have Anything to Do with Distrust of Government?

The results of the latest Financial Trust Index (FTI) survey, released last week by Chicago Booth and the Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, offer...

Where Will the Crypto Craze Lead? A Venture Capitalist’s View

Can individual cryptocurrencies be programmed with stability in mind and if so, could a plethora of cryptocurrencies exhibit, in the aggregate, stable behaviors? By now,...

"The Blockchain Is Going to Revolutionize Central Banking and Monetary Policy"

Will governments start using central banks to issue sovereign currency on blockchains? And if so, will that be the end of the fractional reserve...

Blockchains and Corporate Finance: “In a Blockchain Market, Shareholder Activists Might Play Much Less of a Role”

Will blockchain technology lead to less shareholder activism and higher executive compensation? Watch David Yermack’s full Stigler Center lecture on the potential implications of blockchain...

"I Expect That Within the Next 10 Years, Probably Half of the Banks Will be Gone”

Watch David Yermack's full Stigler Center lecture on the potential implications of blockchain technology for the future of finance. First part of a three-part series. In...

Could Blockchain Technology Alter the Balance of Power Within the Financial System? Q&A with David Yermack

"Blockchain technology is threatening to remake the financial system from the top down in a way that threatens the existence of all the banks,...

Stigler Center Event: David Yermack on Blockchains and the Future of Finance

Yermack, the Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business, will teach a mini-course of three...

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OpenLux: Despite Reform Efforts, Luxembourg Remains an “Offshore Hub in the Heart of Europe”

Antonio Baquero, Maxime Vaudano, Cecilia Anesi

Dozens of foreign citizens linked to corruption, embezzlement of public funds, organized crime, and tax crime have opened companies in Luxembourg, seemingly...

Antitrust and Competition

Why Are Google and Facebook Now Okay with Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code?

Derek Wilding

A week of commercial deals and government negotiations has resulted in a series of amendments to the legislation aimed at making Google...

Corporate Governance

Do Companies Invest In Corporate Social Responsibility At the Expense of Their Employees?

Guglielmo Briscese

The past decade has seen companies increasing investments in initiatives of corporate social responsibility (CSR), such as donating a share of profits...

Corporate Governance

Millennials and Gen Z Are Willing to Accept Lower Wages to Work in More Sustainable Firms

Daniel Metzger, Philipp Krüger, Jiaxin Wu

Firms in more environmentally friendly sectors are better able to attract and retain talent and at lower wages. Millennials and Gen Z,...

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Fahmi Quadir: “Short Sellers are Always an Easy Boogeyman”

Jana Kasperkevic

In an interview with ProMarket, short-seller Fahmi Quadir, who has shorted companies like Wirecard and Valeant, discussed the public perception of short-sellers...