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Do Employees Benefit From Worker Representation on Corporate Boards?

Mandated legislation of worker representation is unlikely to be the magic bullet some policy-makers have pictured. A new paper finds workers may...

Millennials and Gen Z Are Willing to Accept Lower Wages to Work in More Sustainable Firms

Firms in more environmentally friendly sectors are better able to attract and retain talent and at lower wages. Millennials and Gen Z,...

Why Amazon Is Poised to Emerge from the Covid-19 Crisis Stronger Than Ever

So far, Amazon has reacted to the coronavirus outbreak with restrictions designed to cement its market power at the expense of merchants and consumers. Amazon...

Western Multinationals Can Improve Workers' Safety, If They Want to: The Case of Bangladesh

In 2013, one of the largest factories in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,134 workers. Many multinationals committed to improving safety standards. A new study shows...

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Fear of Punishment Distorts Bank Financial Reporting

Hamid Mehran

When bank employees are afraid of punishment from regulators, they are likely to conceal information about their faulty decisions. This in turn...

Antitrust and Competition

Should The Competitive Process Test Replace The Consumer Welfare Standard?

Einer Elhauge

Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, recently gave a speech condemning the use of the consumer...

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Delaware: The State Where Companies Can Vote

Hal Weitzman

Adapted from What’s the Matter with Delaware: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us...

Antitrust and Competition

The NCAA Goes After College Athletes’ NIL Money—Here are the Antitrust Implications for Workers and Consumers

Ted Tatos

Having lost in the Supreme Court on student-athlete academic benefits, the NCAA has signaled a continuing attempt to suppress competition in the...

Corporate Governance

Have Business Roundtable Companies Lived Up to Their Stakeholder Commitments?

Lucian Bebchuk, Roberto Tallarita

In 2019, more than 100 CEOs of US public companies signed a Business Roundtable statement in which they pledged to deliver value...