type here...

Politics

News

Voters Still Believe Politics is About the Common Good, Not Just Rent-Seeking

Chad Kendall, John G. Matsusaka
Do voters still believe that politics can be a source for common-good policies and not just partisan bickering and rent-seeking? With political...
Read more
News

Political Polarization Has Changed the Way States Govern

Stefano DellaVigna, Woojin Kim
New research finds that since the 2000s, US states are most likely to adopt laws enacted by other politically aligned states. In...
Read more
Commentary

How Should Developing Countries Deal With Inflation? A Q&A With Raghuram Rajan

Tanya Thomas
Former central banker Raghuram Rajan speaks to ProMarket about how sources and remedies for inflation differ from the US in developing countries...
Read more
News

Chart of the Week: EU Officials and Economists Disagree Over Sanctioning Russian Natural Gas

Brooke Fox
EU economists are largely optimistic about the effects of sanctioning Russian natural gas, while EU officials are less keen.
Read more
News

Delayed Ceasefire In Ukraine Could Worsen Severe Hunger For Nigerians

Adesola Afolabi
Three months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. With the continued warfare, the world—only just recovering from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic—has...
Read more
Inequality

Do Protests Matter At All for Shifting Government Policy Around Economic Redistribution?

Belinda Archibong
New research on the effectiveness of protests on government distributions provides insights into the political incentives of a country’s leadership and the...
Read more
Corporate Governance

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...
Read more
News

Gabriel Zucman: “I’m a Bit Skeptical That Freezing the Assets of a Few Dozen Oligarchs Can Be Highly Effective”

Asher Schechter
60 percent of the wealth of Russia’s richest 0.01 percent are held offshore. UC Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman explains why blanket sanctions, of...
Read more
Media

Chart of the Week: Most News in Russia is Government-Owned or Influenced

Brooke Fox
Of 3.9 million Russian news articles studied, 77 percent were from either a government-owned or government-influenced outlet.
Read more
Commentary

The Impact of Economic Sanctions on Russia

Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Normally, economic sanctions are largely a symbolic criticism of a country’s actions and nothing more. This time it’s different, but they will...
Read more
123...10Page 1 of 10

Latest news

Uncategorized

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.
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read more
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....
Read more
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...
Read more
Antitrust and Competition

2023 Antitrust and Competition Conference: Call for Papers

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

ProMarket Seeks New Deputy Managing Editor

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

ProMarket is dedicated to discussing how competition tends to be subverted by special interests. The posts represent the opinions of their writers, not necessarily those of the University of Chicago, the Booth School of Business, or its faculty. For more information, please visit ProMarket Policy.

About Us

Categories

What we are readingAntitrust and CompetitionNewsRegulatory CaptureMediaRent seeking