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Fiscal Policy

More than Economics, Ideology Determines US Voters’ Preferences for Redistribution

Gustavo de Souza
The US stands out among developed economies for its comparatively low level of redistribution as a percentage of GDP. Gustavo de Souza examines the...
Research

Stakeholder Motivations for “Private Sanctions” Against Russia

Utsav Gandhi
As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, a new study measures stakeholders’ desire to see their firms exit Russia and how these...
News

Study Shows Universal Bank Trades Are Informed by Private Commercial Borrower Information

Will Macheel
New research by Rainer Haselmann, Christian Leuz, and Sebastian Schreiber finds evidence suggesting that German banks with commercial lending relationships improve their trading positions...
Research

The Challenge of Combating International Profit Shifting

Sebastian Bustos
Tax policy reform in Chile, aimed at reducing corporate profit shifting schemes, did not accomplish its intended effects. Instead, the impact was increased business...
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 standard that can...
Antitrust and Competition

Dark Money Dominates Spending by Special Interest Groups and Sways Elections

Matthew Denes
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...
News

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

Chad Kendall
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...
Antitrust and Competition

The Understated Relationship Between Market Dominance and Political Influence

Dana Foarta
A new model explains the feedback loop between monopolies and politicians and the unexpected developments in the relationships between the two, as well as...
News

The Mechanisms of Regulatory Capture

Filippo Lancieri
To mark the 50-year anniversary of George Stigler’s seminal piece, “The Theory of Economic Regulation” we are publishing a new eBook examining his theory’s...
News

Firms Gerrymander Ownership of Polluting Plants to Reap Public and Regulatory Benefits

Janet Gao
New research has discovered that many companies who appear to sell, or ‘divest,’ their toxic plants, actually retain relationships with their buyers. Despite the...
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