regulatory capture
Can Corruption Explain the Success of Donald Trump?
“Identity politics” perceived as favoritism may be the explanation for why Trump’s strategy of accusing the political elite and Hillary Clinton of corruption paid...
Is China Succeeding in the War Against Corruption? Q&A with Bernard Yeung
In the past four years, China has been waging the biggest anticorruption campaign in its modern history. Is it working?
In the past four years, the...
Greater Political Integration is Necessary for a Sustainable Euro
Read an excerpt from Luigi Zingales' 2014 book Europe or Not.
On November 30, the Stigler Center hosted a panel discussion on the future of...
When Did Americans Stop Being Antimonopoly? Q&A with Richard R. John
Columbia professor Richard R. John explains the history of U.S. monopolies and why antimonopoly should not be conflated with antitrust.
For more than two centuries,...
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...
Attorneys General for Sale? We Should Focus on the Practice, Not Just on Trump’s Role
Trump is not the only, nor the biggest, player in the game of influencing attorneys general. Singling him out for opprobrium is aiming at the...
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...
Are Special Interests Dooming the Euro to Fail?
As the Eurozone struggles to stave off a lingering economic crisis, four economists debate the measures necessary to ensure its survival and what’s preventing...
The ProMarket Monthly Roundup
The first edition of our monthly roundup that includes ProMarket posts from the previous month, as well as interesting stories from our “Weekly Briefing” section.
The...
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...
