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Regulatory Capture

Greater Political Integration is Necessary for a Sustainable Euro

Luigi Zingales
Read an excerpt from Luigi Zingales' 2014 book Europe or Not. On November 30, the Stigler Center hosted a panel discussion on the future of...
Regulatory Capture

Stiglitz, Brunnermeier, and Zingales: Is the Euro Project Doomed?

ProMarket writers
Join us for a panel between Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Markus Brunnermeier, both authors of recent books on the future of the Euro....
Money in Politics

Campaign Finance in the 2016 Election: With Federal Reform Unlikely, the Use of Super PACs has Become More “Brazen”

Asher Schechter
While it is still too early to draw any decisive conclusions regarding the role money played during this election cycle, some trends can already...
Money in Politics

Finance and Healthcare Bound to Gain from Clinton’s Presidency

Andrea Hamaui
Hillary Clinton has promised to be tough on finance and pharmaceutical companies. So why do financial and healthcare stocks go up when the probability...
Money in Politics

Wealthier Donors Prefer Hillary Clinton

Tania Diaz Bazan
Hillary Clinton’s donors are wealthier than Donald Trump’s, at least judging from the value of their homes. The median home price of Clinton’s supporters...
Money in Politics

Academic Literature Shows: The Problems with Regulating Campaign Finance Are Deeper Than Mere Lack of Political Will

Doron Navot
The experience of regulating campaign finance in the last four decades tells us that the "donor class" has found ways to turn wild once and...
Money in Politics

In the 2016 Presidential Election, Only 0.4 Percent of Donations Were Made by Donors Who Donated to Multiple Candidates

Tania Diaz Bazan
In the 2016 election, Donald Trump received few donations from people who had donated to other candidates in the Republican primary; the opposite occurred...
Regulatory Capture

It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System: Q&A with Anat Admati

Guy Rolnik
Stanford professor Anat Admati discusses her new paper, in which she explains how a mix of distorted incentives, ignorance, confusion, and lack of accountability contributes to...
Money in Politics

Employees of Large Companies Favor Hillary Clinton

Tania Diaz Bazan
Clinton received overwhelming support from workers in the banking, tech, and mobile industries. 98 percent of the total amount raised by workers at financial institutions...
Regulatory Capture

Attorneys General for Sale? We Should Focus on the Practice, Not Just on Trump’s Role

Roy Shapira
Trump is not the only, nor the biggest, player in the game of influencing attorneys general. Singling him out for opprobrium is aiming at the...
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