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Money in Politics

While the conventional debate usually revolves around the amount of campaign donations each candidate receives (how much), we spotlight also issues such as the concentration of donations (who donates), or more stealth forms of money in politics such as lobbying.

Money in Politics

Characteristics and Behavior of the Rising Class of Small Campaign Donors

Laurent Bouton
New research on US political donations under $200 reveals characteristics of these donors as well as their motivations. A  Q&A with the authors of...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

How the US Partisan Divide Shapes Global Capital Flows

Elisabeth Kempf
A new empirical paper explores how partisan perception affects capital allocation beyond national borders, showing that the global investment practices of US institutional investors...
Antitrust and Competition

Big Tech, the FTC, and Ordoliberals: ProMarket’s Top Stories of 2021

ProMarket writers
As 2021 draws to a close, we look back at ProMarket’s most-read and most-widely shared stories of the past year. In a year marked by a...
Antitrust and Competition

Announcing the Participants in the Fall 2021 Stigler Center Journalists in Residence Program

ProMarket writers
This month, the Stigler Center will welcome eight world-class journalists from the United Kingdom, Brazil, China, Romania, Ukraine, Slovenia, and the United States for...
Money in Politics

The Rise of Business Politicians

Ilona Babenko
Over the last two decades, the share of senior corporate executives holding national political office has increased in the United States as well as...
Money in Politics

Recovering from Kleptocracy: A 10-Step Program

Larry Diamond
In his book Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency, Larry Diamond highlights 10 steps to close existing loopholes in the...
Antitrust and Competition

Market Power and Money in Politics

ProMarket writers
A Stigler Center webinar explores how businesses lobby and compete for political power and whether mergers and industry concentration affect lobbying.  Firms compete in markets,...
Money in Politics

Is Corporate Personhood to Blame for Money in Politics?

Elizabeth Pollman
Just because corporations are “legal persons” doesn’t mean that they should get all of the same rights as human persons. Yet over the past...
Money in Politics

How American Corporations Used Courts and the Constitution to Avoid Government Regulation

Adam Winkler
Since the early days of the Republic, corporations have turned the Constitution itself into a shield against unwanted regulation of the economy. So long...
Money in Politics

Systemic Corruption in America Spans Political Parties

Jana Kasperkevic
In an interview with ProMarket, Sarah Chayes, author of the book On Corruption in America, discussed corruption in the US and how incoming administration...
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