Daniel Weagley

Daniel Weagley is the Hubert L. Harris Early Career assistant professor of finance at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business. His research focuses on the frictions and decision-making processes that affect how financial and human capital are allocated throughout the economy including the role of financial frictions in climate finance, individual and institutional investor decision-making, and labor and finance.

Firms Sharing Board Members Can Collude To Reduce Worker Mobility

In new research, Taylor Begley, Peter Haslag, and Daniel Weagley find that when firms begin sharing a common director, there is a significant reduction in the number of employees that switch jobs between the two companies. The reduction is largest when the firms compete in the same labor market and for those employees who are most costly for firms to replace. The results show the link between overlapping board members and anticompetitive labor practices is a surprisingly widespread phenomenon.

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