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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The system of formal and informal rules by which a company is governed. Corporate governance shapes more than just a given’s company value – it dictates who controls the capital in the economy and so how this capital is being put the use. Corporate governance therefore affects and is affected by the degree of cronyism and rent-seeking in society.

ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

How Boys Become Entrepreneurs at the Dinner Table

Hans K. Hvide
New research from Hans K. Hvide and Paul Oyer has uncovered some interesting facts about men who start businesses: most of them do it in the...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Wondering How Your Financial Advisors Rank for Misconduct? There’s a Web App for That

ProMarket writers
A new site created by ProMarket board member Amit Seru (Stanford) and co-authors Mark Egan (Harvard) and Gregor Matvos (UT Austin) offers free data and...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Richard Thaler and the Science of People

Itzhak Ben-David
Richard Thaler's thought process and perspective on human behavior have influenced how we view economic phenomena and how they affect and are effected by people.     Earlier...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Does Environmental Crime Pay?

Luigi Zingales
A new Stigler Center working paper conducts a cost-benefit analysis of DuPont's emissions of a toxic chemical dubbed C8. The Trump administration has shown clear signs that it...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

To What Extent Do Political Considerations Affect Finance?

ProMarket writers
In June, the Stigler Center brought together top academics for a conference on the impact of politics on finance. Ahead of our second annual...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Turning Corporations into Democracies

John G. Matsusaka
The problem with encouraging firms to maximize shareholder welfare is how to prevent managers and special interests from diverting corporate resources in the name of shareholder...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Let Data Guide Legislation: Stifling Shareholders in the CHOICE Act?

Eugene Soltes
In improving the current shareholder proposal process, legislators should trade the butcher knife for the scalpel.   What influence, if any, should shareholders have over...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

A Small Step for Theory, a Leap Forward in Corporate Governance

Oliver Hart
Moving from shareholder value maximization to shareholder welfare maximization may be a small step in theory, but it could trigger a leap forward in...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Where Friedman Was Wrong

Asher Schechter
A new paper by Oliver Hart and Luigi Zingales argues that a company’s objective should be the maximization of shareholders’ welfare, not value.  In 1970,...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Does Empowering Shareholders Also Empower Special Interests?

John G. Matsusaka
The merits of increasing shareholder power are less obvious than reforms that increase companies' exposure to pressure from activist shareholders, since increasing shareholder power tends to...
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