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Back to Work? The Political Preparation for “Phase 2” of the Pandemic Is a Matter of Trust

Efraim Benmelech , Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales
According to a special wave of the Booth/Kellogg Financial Trust Index, Americans have bought into social distancing rules. However, most of the respondents are...
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Coronavirus

Financial Trust Index, Covid-Edition: The CDC Is the Most Trusted Institution in America

Fabio da Silva Soares
A special wave of the Booth/Kellogg Financial Trust Index shows a high level of compliance with social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders. Approximately 45...
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Antitrust and Competition

Can Google Mobilize Its Users to Lobby Elected Officials?

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Google has an 87 percent market share in the search business and the potential to mobilize more voters than the Democratic primaries, according to...
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Antitrust and Competition

The Real Price of Health Data: Americans Don’t Want to Share Their Records for Free

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The 2019 Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey shows that 93 percent of participants don’t want to share their health data with digital...
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Antitrust and Competition

A Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Facebook, One Third Supports Breaking It Up

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The annual Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey shows that 73 percent of Americans disapprove of Facebook’s policy not to fact-check political ads....
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Indexes

Americans Report Record Level of Trust in Banks and Big Corporations, But not in the US Government

ProMarket writers
2019 Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index increases from 27.6 percent to 33.3 percent, showing the highest level of financial trust from the American...
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Indexes

Campaign Financing Capture Index: Donald Trump Keeps Losing Affection from Big Donors, While Clinton Maintains It

Tania Diaz Bazan
As of August 31, 31.5 percent of Hillary Clinton’s contributions come from donors who contributed more than $100,000. Over the last three indices calculated by...
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ARCHIVE

Campaign Financing Capture Index: 37.8 Percent of Clinton's Donations Come From the Top 0.1 Percent of Her Donors

ProMarket writers
30.7 percent of Clinton’s contributions came from donors who contributed more than $100,000. Clinton’s main super PAC raised $8.08 million in July–nearly all of...
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ARCHIVE

Campaign Financing Capture Index: Donald Trump Significantly Increases Fundraising from Big Donors

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24.2 percent of Trump’s campaign contributions came from donors who gave $100,000 or more, as of late June. In May, large donors accounted for...
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ARCHIVE

Campaign Financing Capture Index: A Third of Hillary Clinton’s Fundraising Comes from Big Donors

ProMarket writers
The presumptive Democratic nominee has raised 30.5 percent of her campaign contributions from donors who gave more than $100,000. Donald Trump, on the other...
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Democratize Work

Isabelle Ferreras, Julie Battilana, Dominique Méda
An excerpt from a new book, Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy, advocates democratizing firms and decommodifying work.
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Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust Enforcement, Inflation and Corporate Greed: What do we know?

Tommaso Valletti, Luigi Zingales, José Azar, Thomas Philippon, Jan Eeckhout, Basile Grassi, Cristina Caffarra
At a recent Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) event, panelists, including the Stigler Center's own Luigi Zingales, reflected on the roles...
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Antitrust and Competition

Data is Abundant But is it Accessible to Researchers?

Utsav Gandhi
Despite the wide availability of data, ensuring independent access to data sources has never been more crucial. How can researchers engage in...
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Antitrust and Competition

Private Labels in Online Marketplaces

Radostina Shopova
On their store shelves, Walmart has its own products under the "Great Value” brand, and Tesco has its own “Everyday Value” products....
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Antitrust and Competition

Bolsonaro’s reelection may become a setback for ESG in Brazil

Stephanie Tondo
Social pressures, market forces and elected leaders influence corporate decisions on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Journalist Stephanie Tondo examines the...
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Antitrust and Competition

2023 Antitrust and Competition Conference: Call for Papers

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The Stigler Center is inviting submissions of short academic articles (up to 3000 words) focused on the development of a legal/economic...
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News

ProMarket Seeks New Deputy Managing Editor

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We're hiring! Many ProMarket readers will now know that Asher Schechter, former deputy editor at...
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