A large body of literature has produced uncertain conclusions about how elections affect firms’ access to credit. In a wide-ranging analysis of firm behavior...
American capitalism was built on racial exploitation, from the enslavement of Black people to institutionalized discrimination and its structural impact on our nation’s economic...
New research by Rainer Haselmann, Christian Leuz, and Sebastian Schreiber finds evidence suggesting that German banks with commercial lending relationships improve their trading positions...
Tax policy reform in Chile, aimed at reducing corporate profit shifting schemes, did not accomplish its intended effects. Instead, the impact was increased business...
The Stigler Center is inviting submissions of short academic articles (up to 3000 words) focused on the development of a legal/economic standard that can...
New research on undisclosed and unlimited political contributions, or dark money, exposes the increasing role that such funds play in U.S. elections.
Undisclosed and unlimited...
Do voters still believe that politics can be a source for common-good policies and not just partisan bickering and rent-seeking? With political polarization at...
A new model explains the feedback loop between monopolies and politicians and the unexpected developments in the relationships between the two, as well as...