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Sangin Park

Sangin Park is a Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Public Administration, and Executive Director, Research Center for Market and Government at Seoul National University, South Korea.
Antitrust and Competition

Too Big to Jail: How Powerful Korean Executives Escape Indictment or Conviction

The failures to hold the founding families of Korean conglomerates accountable for crimes undermined the rule of law and the corporation system, which are...
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Antitrust and Competition

The Darkest Side of Monopsony: The South Korean Case

"Chaebols”, large business groups controlled by founder families, are usually considered a crucial ingredient of South Korea's economic miracle. But after a process of...
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Big Tech

The Wicked Problem Embodied by The Twitter Files

Tom Ginsburg
In response to a recent ProMarket post about the Twitter Files, professor Tom Ginsburg points out that the toughest question lies in...
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News

Study Shows Universal Bank Trades Are Informed by Private Commercial Borrower Information

Will Macheel
New research by Rainer Haselmann, Christian Leuz, and Sebastian Schreiber finds evidence suggesting that German banks with commercial lending relationships improve their...
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News

Industrial Policy Is a Seductive Mirage

Michael C. Munger
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust Deregulation is Undermining Innovation

Giovanni Morzenti
A 2000 amendment to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act made it easier for firms to merge without notifying US antitrust authorities. In new research,...
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Commentary

The Real Danger of the Twitter Files

Stefano Feltri
The Editor-in-chief of the Italian news publication Domani shares his concerns about what's been left out of the controversial Twitter Files conversation...
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Culture & Society

How Do Cultural Stereotypes Spread Through Multinational Banks?

Barry Eichengreen, Orkun Saka
In new research, Barry Eichengreen and Orkun Saka find that trust, shaped by cultural stereotypes, partially determines how multilateral banks decide which...
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Media

Announcing the Participants in the Spring 2023 Stigler Center Journalists in Residence Program

ProMarket writers
In March, the Stigler Center will welcome nine world-class journalists from Ukraine, Rwanda, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the United...
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