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Is Fraud in the Financial Sector a “Bug” or a “Feature”?

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Study: 7 percent of financial advisers have misconduct records - 44 percent are hired within a year. A new paper by Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos...
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Campaign Financing Capture Index

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The first part of the new project by the Stigler Center on the influence of money on politics: of the remaining presidential candidates, Marco...
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Stigler Fellow of the Month: Beyond the Traditional Capture Theory

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Harvard Business School's Rafael Di Tella is "Stigler Fellow of the Month". He talks about how any theory of regulation should consider the roles...
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Study: Politically Connected Private Equity Firms Hire More, Fire Less in Order to Help Incumbent Politicians

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Private equity firms are not often associated with job gains. A new paper by Mara Faccio and Scott Hsu reveals the political dynamics that lead...
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