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Commentary

How the Start-Up Nation Could Fail

Lucian Bebchuk, Oliver Hart
Lucian Bebchuk and Oliver Hart explain why Israel’s proposed legal transformation would undermine not only its democracy but also its economy.
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Commentary

What Are The Media For?

Surya Gowda
In response to ProMarket's debate about the Twitter Files and the roles of social media and traditional media, Surya Gowda argues that...
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Democracy

Climate Change Is Shifting Voter Behavior in Low-Income Countries

Amrit Amirapu, Irma Clots-Figueras, Juan Pablo Rud
Farmers in low-income countries have multiple channels through which they respond to climate change. Some switch to growing more heat-resilient crops or...
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Democracy

Elections Hinder Companies’ Access to Credit

Florian Léon, Laurent Weill
A large body of literature has produced uncertain conclusions about how elections affect firms’ access to credit. In a wide-ranging analysis of...
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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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