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

In March, the Stigler Center will welcome eight world-class journalists from Ukraine, Rwanda, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the United...
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The Year’s Top 5 Capitalisn’t Podcast Episodes

This year's top five most-downloaded episodes of Capitalisn't ranged from discussions of private equity and inflation to Capitalism itself. Download these episodes...
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The Ten Most-Popular ProMarket Articles from 2022

From critiques of the Consumer Welfare Standard to discussions about inflation, here are the ten most popular ProMarket articles from 2022.
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The Stigler Center’s Most-Watched Videos of 2022

This year, the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State recorded a number of panels on topical issues...
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Call for 2023 Applications: The Stigler Center Affiliate Fellowship

The Stigler Center is seeking candidates for the second class of its Affiliate Fellows program.
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Thomas Piketty On Creating A More Equal Society

In this unedited podcast conversation, economist Thomas Piketty talks to Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales about the lessons from this movement toward...
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Puerto Rico Blackout, Biden’s COVID Statement, J&J Bankruptcy Case

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Judge Rejects Antitrust Challenge to UnitedHealth Acquisition

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California Sues Amazon, Alleging Antitrust Violations Inflated Prices and Stifled Competition

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Google loses challenge against EU antitrust decision, other probes loom

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Antitrust and Competition

Startup Acquisitions Have Undecided Effects on Innovation and Economic Growth

Christian Fons-Rosen, Pau Roldan-Blanco, Tom Schmitz
Startups are a major driver of innovation, but many startups are acquired by large incumbents. Do these acquisitions stifle innovation or promote...
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ESG & Corporate Governance

History Shows that Voluntary ESG Standards Lead to a More Focused ESG Disclosure

Ethan Rouen, Kunal Sachdeva, Aaron Yoon
In recent years, ESG reports have become more common for publicly traded companies. However, critics have found the information they provide to...
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Regulation

Letters that Matter: How Interest Groups Shape Financial Legislation

Renée Adams, Thomas Mosk
Members of Congress are inundated with an avalanche of correspondence on a daily basis. But what persuades them to heed the call?...
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Labor

Are There Really Gender Pay Differences in the CEO Labor Market?

Massimiliano Tani, Keiran Sharpe, Andrew Valentine
The gender pay gap is a well-documented phenomenon in global labor markets, but this gap does not seem to apply to the...
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Monetary Policy

How Many Banks Are at Risk of Insolvency Right Now?

Amit Seru, Erica Xuewei Jiang, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski
Given the recent banking turmoil and failure of SVB and Signature and issues in First Republic, it is important to understand the...
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Misinformation

The Challenges of Regulating Disinformation

Federico Vaccari
In response to rising concerns about political disinformation, governments have introduced a slew of interventions. Federico Vaccari warns in new research that...
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Development

India’s Evolving Industrial Policy Is Critical for Realizing Its Development Vision

Nagesh Kumar
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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