Viktar Fedaseyeu
Viktar Fedaseyeu is an associate professor of finance at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He earned his Ph.D. in finance from Boston College. Viktar’s research has been published in top academic journals and has been covered by international media such as Harvard Business Review, New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Washington Post.
Money in Politics
The Rise of Business Politicians
Over the last two decades, the share of senior corporate executives holding national political office has increased in the United States as...
Regulatory Capture
Why Are So Many Executives Running for Office These Days?
New research documents a sharp increase in the number of corporate executives in elected federal office between 1980 and 2014. But why do they...
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ESG
Capitalism Does Not Require a Tradeoff Between Planet and Profit
Critics of capitalism claim that the economic system incorrigibly encourages the exploitation of the planet and is thus incompatible with efforts to...
Academic Capture
Academic Bias Under the Microscope
That scholarship often reflects conscious and unconscious biases has long been an open secret in academia. On April 22, Professors Christian Leuz,...
Money in Politics
Corporations Are Not “We the People”
The Citizens United ruling contradicts the Founders, decades of Supreme Court precedent and the will of the American people.
Antitrust and Competition
Too Many Economists Are Using a Flawed Theory To Defend Dominant Platforms’ Self-Preferencing Practices
Congress is currently considering two major bills that would regulate “self-preferencing” and related conduct by dominant digital platforms. Criticism of these bills...
Antitrust and Competition
Unfair Methods of Competition
The FTC’s new policy on unfair methods of competition is an assertion of the original purpose of the agency, allowing it to...
News
Event Notes: Whose Business is Health?
On Oct.14, the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative hosted a panel discussing if and how companies should consider the health implications of...
Antitrust and Competition
Why Disruptive Innovation Has Declined Since 2000
Traditional accounts of the growing power of large firms implicate antitrust or political corruption. But in a recent book, economist James Bessen...
