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Covid-19

Study: the Covid-19 Eviction Moratoriums Helped Reduce Food Insecurity and Mental Stress

Nitzan Tzur Ilan
A new study investigates the impact of 2020 Covid-19 rental eviction moratoria on the wellbeing of US households, finding that eviction moratoria across the...
Academic Capture

Academic Gatekeepers, Real and Imagined, Are Threatening the Credibility of the Field of Political Finance 


Renée Adams
One objective of political finance is to hold power to account. However, gatekeeping, both direct and indirect, is keeping important work from being conducted...
Academic Capture

A Call for Comments: Have You Been Affected by Academic Gatekeeping?

Luigi Zingales
On Friday, ProMarket published a piece by Renée Adams about the impact of academic gatekeeping in political finance. Do you have a similar story...
News

Fracking Can Lead to Elevated Salt Levels in Surface Water, Study Finds

Jana Kasperkevic
A new study finds that fracking can lead to increased salt levels in water surfaces, especially during the early stages of production and in...
News

How Interest Groups Utilize Reverse Revolving Doors to Influence Legislative Voting

Miguel Alquézar Yus
A new study finds that legislators who worked for interest groups before taking office influence the voting behavior of their colleagues when the motion...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

“Comments for Sale”: Charitable Donations Can Lead Non-profits to Support Corporate Regulatory Agendas

Marianne Bertrand
A new paper shows how financial ties between companies and non-profits can subvert rulemaking process and lead to regulations that favor the interests of...
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...
Commentary

The Costs of Political Misalignment: Forest Fires and Bank Loans in Turkey

Orkun Saka
Recent wildfires in Turkey have not only destroyed more than 95,000 hectares of its coastal forestland but also divided the country further into its...
News

How Unusual is the Recent Boom in Profits and Values of US Listed Corporations?

Dmitry Kuvshinov
In the past decades, the US stock market and business profits have been growing much faster than the rest of the economy. A new...
Covid-19

The Digital Divide During Epidemics: Who Benefits From New Financial Technologies?

Orkun Saka
A new paper finds that exposure to an epidemic in the current year significantly increases the likelihood that an individual completes financial transactions via...
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