type here...

Whistleblowers

European Union’s Plan to Protect Whistleblowers Continues to Face Obstacles

A little over a year ago, the EU adopted the Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law,...
Read more

Should Whistleblower Reward Laws be Capped?

The SEC is expected to approve a proposed rule change that could limit the amount of awards paid to whistleblowers, despite evidence...
Read more

The World Cup of Fraud

Scandal-rocked FIFA has sought to scrub up its image by bringing in ostensibly disinterested outsiders to fill oversight roles. Here, Steven A. Bank argues...
Read more

Does Whistleblowing Work?

Whistleblower reward laws work, and they work remarkably well. Congress, the executive branch of government, and the business community should enact, support, and nurture strong...
Read more

Experts: Financial Rewards and Protections Are the Best Way to Incentivize Whistleblowers

Stephen Kohn, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center: “If your white-collar crime detection program is based on nice people having high moral values,...
Read more

Watch: Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Eric Ben-Artzi Explains What it Takes to Blow the Whistle on Fraud

Ben-Artzi: "The problem is not that you have misbehavior on Wall Street. It's that you have misbehavior by the people who are supposed to...
Read more

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...
Read more

Whistleblowers are Motivated by Moral Reasons Above Monetary Ones

Studies consistently show that whistleblowers are motivated by moral reasons. The primacy of moral concerns makes sense, considering how frequently whistleblowers face exclusion and retaliation rather...
Read more

SEC and Revolving Doors: Q&A with Eric Ben-Artzi, the Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Who Rejected a Multimillion Dollar Award

ProMarket interviews Eric Ben-Artzi, the former Deutsche Bank risk officer turned whistleblower who rejected an $8.25 million award from the SEC.  In May 2015, Deutsche Bank...
Read more

LATEST NEWS

Antitrust and Competition

Rethinking Competition: From Market Failures to Ecosystem Failures

Michael G Jacobides, Ioannis Lianos
Despite the overwhelming importance of digital platforms, and the chatter around their recent rise, our understanding of digital ecosystems is still limited....
Read more
Corporate Governance

A Famed Economist’s Public Company U-Turn

Brian Cheffins
Michael Jensen, a leading late 20th century economist, pivoted from praising public companies in the 1970s to assailing public company governance in...
Read more
Antitrust and Competition

Chinese Antitrust 2.0: Why Is China Going After Its Big Tech?

Jana Kasperkevic
In an interview with ProMarket, Angela Huyue Zhang, author of a new book Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism, discusses the motivations behind the recent...
Read more
Antitrust and Competition

Preventing Drug Shortages and Saving Lives: The Role of Quality and Reliability Standards

Rena Conti, Fiona Scott Morton, Adam Kroetsch, Stephen Colvill, Mark Rosenberg
Prescription drug shortages have become more common in recent years, interrupting usual medical care and increasing patient risk and system costs, but...
Read more
Antitrust and Competition

Facebook Break-up Can Be Feasible, Efficient, and Ultimately Beneficial to Consumers

Paolo Buccirossi, Emilio Calvano, Tomaso Duso
Is the relief sought by the FTC in its case against Facebook the right way to go? In principle, yes. However, the...
Read more

ProMarket is dedicated to discussing how competition tends to be subverted by special interests. The posts represent the opinions of their writers, not necessarily those of the University of Chicago, the Booth School of Business, or its faculty. For more information, please visit ProMarket Policy.

About Us

Categories

What we are readingAntitrust and CompetitionNewsRegulatory CaptureMediaRent seeking