Corporate Governance
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,...
Managing Political Risk
A recent working paper suggests that firms react to political risk, both passively by cutting investment and employment, and actively by ramping up lobbying efforts.
From Trump...
The Anti-Competitive Effects of Common Ownership: Q&A with Martin Schmalz
Martin Schmalz, assistant professor of business administration and finance at the University of Michigan, speaks about the anti-competitive effects of common ownership, a situation in...
Incomplete Contracts and the U.S. Economy: Q&A with Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart
Oliver Hart, the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics, sits down for a special interview with ProMarket in which he discusses his...
Why Have Soda Companies Funded Nearly 100 Health Organizations in the Last Five Years? Q&A With Michael Siegel
According to a new study, the world’s largest soda companies have sponsored 96 national health organizations during the last five years.Â
Last June, Philadelphia became...
It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System: Q&A with Anat Admati
Stanford professor Anat Admati discusses her new paper, in which she explains how a mix of distorted incentives, ignorance, confusion, and lack of accountability contributes to...
The Non-Performing Assets of Wells Fargo
The entire board of Wells Fargo, not just the CEO, needs to be replaced.
In 1992, shareholder activist Bob Monks purchased a full-page ad in...
What Differentiates White-Collar Criminals From Other Executives? A Q&A With Eugene Soltes
Video: Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes discusses his new book and explains why he considers white-collar crime to be a failure of intuition, not reasoning.
What drives...
Stigler Center Talk: Deutsche Bank Whistleblower on the SEC and Revolving Doors
Eric Ben-Artzi, the former Deutsche Bank risk officer turned whistleblower who rejected a multi-million dollar award from the SEC, will give a talk at...
Capture and Ignorance in Financial Regulation
The most fruitful avenue for reducing regulatory capture is to impose more checks-and-balances on our agencies, reversing recent trends toward expediency.
After spending some years...
