Anna Toniolo
Anna Toniolo is a Post-Doc Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance. Her research focuses on corporate governance, law and economics, capital markets law and banking law. Anna received her PhD in Comparative and European Legal Studies from the University of Trento, Faculty of Law, where she also earned her LL.B. & LL.M. (five-year combined degree) summa cum laude. Before joining Harvard Law School, Anna practiced as a lawyer in a firm specialized in capital markets law and banking law, and she was Teaching Assistant in Corporate Law at the University of Trento and visiting lecturer at Riga Graduate School of Law.
Big Tech
Twitter’s Corporate Leaders Pushed their Stakeholders under the (Musk) Bus
In a new study, we examine whether, in negotiating the sale to Elon Musk, Twitter’s corporate leaders took into account the commitments...
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Antitrust and Competition
Startup Acquisitions Have Undecided Effects on Innovation and Economic Growth
Startups are a major driver of innovation, but many startups are acquired by large incumbents. Do these acquisitions stifle innovation or promote...
ESG & Corporate Governance
History Shows that Voluntary ESG Standards Lead to a More Focused ESG Disclosure
In recent years, ESG reports have become more common for publicly traded companies. However, critics have found the information they provide to...
Regulation
Letters that Matter: How Interest Groups Shape Financial Legislation
Members of Congress are inundated with an avalanche of correspondence on a daily basis. But what persuades them to heed the call?...
Labor
Are There Really Gender Pay Differences in the CEO Labor Market?
The gender pay gap is a well-documented phenomenon in global labor markets, but this gap does not seem to apply to the...
Monetary Policy
How Many Banks Are at Risk of Insolvency Right Now?
Given the recent banking turmoil and failure of SVB and Signature and issues in First Republic, it is important to understand the...
Misinformation
The Challenges of Regulating Disinformation
In response to rising concerns about political disinformation, governments have introduced a slew of interventions. Federico Vaccari warns in new research that...
Development
India’s Evolving Industrial Policy Is Critical for Realizing Its Development Vision
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
