A brand new paper examines the connection between the rising focus in institutional buyers’ possession of publicly traded U.S. corporations and portfolio firms’ political giving. Ray Fisman discusses the findings and implications of this analysis by Marianne Bertrand, Matilde Bombardini, Fisman, Francesco Trebbi, and Eyub Yegen. This text was first revealed by the Harvard Legislation … [Read more…]
In new analysis, Enghin Atalay, Alan Sorensen, Christopher Sullivan, and Wanjia Zhu discover that mergers and acquisitions usually result in the merged agency providing much less product selection than when the 2 corporations operated pre-merger. In 2022, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the US totaled $2.4 trillion. M&A supply buying corporations the distinctive alternative to … [Read more…]
In new analysis, Marco Grotteria, Max Miller, and S Lakshmi Naaraayanan create and analyze a dataset of greater than 12,000 FARA filings to analyze the drivers and outcomes of overseas lobbying of U.S. legislators. Their findings can assist inform new legal guidelines and laws that enhance authorities transparency and stop the extra nefarious results of … [Read more…]