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How the Consumer Welfare Standard Propagates Gender and Racial Inequalities

Using the 2019 BB&T-SunTrust merger as a case study, Laura Beltrán argues that contemporary antitrust policy, based on the Consumer Welfare Standard, fails to...

Call for Papers: Discrimination in the 21st Century

Ahead of a Becker Friedman Institute/Stigler Center conference on race and gender discrimination that will take place in May, we are seeking papers from...

The Economic Costs of Discriminating Against Top Talent: Insights From Nazi Germany

A new study looks at the discrimination of Jewish managers in Germany in the 1930s and shows how the rise of a discriminatory ideology...

Racism Drives Higher Costs for Historically Black Colleges in Bond Markets

Why do historically black colleges and universities pay more to raise capital? New research argues that investors’ racial preferences appear to influence their willingness...

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