Corruption
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 26–June 2)
Google gives up Project Maven following "terrible" backlash; angry Facebook shareholders demand an end to Mark Zuckerberg's "dictatorship"; American startups are in a 13-year slump; and Italy...
How China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Is Moving Financing Away from State-Owned Enterprises
Are anti-corruption reforms effective in reducing economic rent seeking and constraining the influence of special interests? New research from Tsinghua University PBC School of...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (April 28–May 4)
George Mason University faces controversy over its relationship with donors; the former CEO of Volkswagen is charged in relation to the company’s diesel emissions...
What Glue Holds Communist Capitalism Together in China? Cronyism
With a few cronyist tweaks, China’s communist leaders made capitalism safe for Party rule. But will cronyism become China’s next booming export?
The Chinese economy...
When Taxpayers Subsidize Corporate Lobbying: How Firms Use Charitable Giving to Influence Politics
A new Stigler Center working paper examines a more roundabout way that companies can influence legislators: by donating money to charities in lawmakers’ districts....
In a Mexican Establishment Rattled by Corruption Scandals, Impunity Reigns
High-profile scandals like Odebrecht, The Panama Papers, and Swiss Leaks have brought down powerful politicians and businesspeople across Latin America. In Mexico, however, not a...
"What’s Happening in the U.S. and in European Countries Is a Reaction Against the Political Class"
"Despite some specifics on the national level, I would say that all the populist regimes and leaders share common characteristics," says José Ugaz, the...
Bribery, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Prosocial Institutions
How the science of cooperation and cultural evolution will give us new tools in combating corruption.
There is nothing natural((Putting aside what it means for...
Eliot Spitzer: The U.S. Never Had the Will and the Ability to Hold the Most Powerful to Account
In a special interview with ProMarket, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer talks about financial regulation, regulatory capture, and antitrust. Part 1 of 2.
Clear rules and...
How Biology Explains Back-Scratching Between Wall Street and Government
The revolving door of government and business explained in the lab.
The systemic financial risk-taking in the lead-up to the financial crisis was a product...
