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Electoral College Reform: New Problems or Real Solutions?

Each electoral system creates specific incentives to (mis)allocate government resources. Would putting the National Popular Vote (NPV) in lieu of the Electoral...

From Borrowing to Stockpiling: How The Virus Outbreak Changed American Household Consumption

The first academic study of American consumers' reaction to the pandemic finds that total spending rose by half between February 26 and March 11,...

Who Won the South Carolina Democratic Debate? The ProMarket Panel's Analysis

Is Bernie Sanders inevitable, and is Michael Bloomberg doomed? Which candidate would be best suited to avoid a recession in the US? A ProMarket...

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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...

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...

Big Tech

The Wicked Problem Embodied by The Twitter Files

Tom Ginsburg

In response to a recent ProMarket post about the Twitter Files, professor Tom Ginsburg points out that the toughest question lies in...

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...

News

Industrial Policy Is a Seductive Mirage

Michael C. Munger

Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...