presidential candidates

Campaign Financing Capture Index: A Third of Hillary Clinton’s Fundraising Comes from Big Donors

The presumptive Democratic nominee has raised 30.5 percent of her campaign contributions from donors who gave more than $100,000. Donald Trump, on the other...

Campaign Financing Capture Index: Out of the Remaining Presidential Candidates, Clinton Relies Most on Big Donors

Clinton’s main super PAC, Priorities USA Action, raised $8.5 millions in April. Bernie Sanders remains the only one of the remaining three candidates to...

Campaign Financing Capture Index: Historical Comparison Shows the Extent of Growth in Political Contributions From Big Donors

More than a third of total contributions raised by presidential candidates from both parties in the 2016 race come from donors who gave more...

Campaign Financing Capture Index: Candidates on Fundraising Spree Attract Millions from Big Donors

With Marco Rubio out of the race, Ted Cruz is now the candidate with the largest fraction of political contributions over $5,000. Before dropping...

Donald Trump, Crony Capitalist

The sleep of reason produces monsters, at least according to Spanish painter Francisco Goya. What happens when the political reason is intoxicated by vested...

Campaign Financing Capture Index

The first part of the new project by the Stigler Center on the influence of money on politics: of the remaining presidential candidates, Marco...

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Antitrust and Competition

Startup Acquisitions Have Undecided Effects on Innovation and Economic Growth

Christian Fons-Rosen, Pau Roldan-Blanco, Tom Schmitz

Startups are a major driver of innovation, but many startups are acquired by large incumbents. Do these acquisitions stifle innovation or promote...

ESG & Corporate Governance

History Shows that Voluntary ESG Standards Lead to a More Focused ESG Disclosure

Ethan Rouen, Kunal Sachdeva, Aaron Yoon

In recent years, ESG reports have become more common for publicly traded companies. However, critics have found the information they provide to...

Regulation

Letters that Matter: How Interest Groups Shape Financial Legislation

Renée Adams, Thomas Mosk

Members of Congress are inundated with an avalanche of correspondence on a daily basis. But what persuades them to heed the call?...

Labor

Are There Really Gender Pay Differences in the CEO Labor Market?

Massimiliano Tani, Keiran Sharpe, Andrew Valentine

The gender pay gap is a well-documented phenomenon in global labor markets, but this gap does not seem to apply to the...

Monetary Policy

How Many Banks Are at Risk of Insolvency Right Now?

Amit Seru, Erica Xuewei Jiang, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski

Given the recent banking turmoil and failure of SVB and Signature and issues in First Republic, it is important to understand the...