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    • 03 Dec 2019
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    Why CalSTRS Chooses to Engage with the Gun Industry

    Should large institutional investors divest or engage if they have an issue with a company? In a recent case study, Vikram Gandhi discusses how CalSTRS, the $200 billion pension plan for California public school teachers, chose to engage with gun makers and retailers.  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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    • 13 May 2019
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    The Changing Landscape of Auditor Litigation and Its Implications for Audit Quality

    by Colleen Honigsberg, Shivaram Rajgopal, and Suraj Srinivasan

    Data from 1996 to 2016 shows that shareholder litigation against auditors has declined in recent years. Empirical evidence shows that Rule 10b-5, the Securities Act statute used for class action lawsuits, has lost its bite for use against auditors. This decline is driven, at least in part, by the US Supreme Court’s narrowing of liability standards. These findings suggest weakened shareholder protection with profound implications for investors.

    • 15 Jan 2019
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    The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets

    by Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev, and Josh Lerner

    Since 1990, new stock exchanges geared toward fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies have proliferated around the world. This analysis shows that exchanges in countries with better shareholder protection allowed younger and less profitable companies to raise more capital. These markets alone cannot boost entrepreneurial activity but need enabling institutions.

    • 08 Nov 2017
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    Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year

    by Dina Gerdeman

    Waiting-period laws reduce gun-related homicides by 17 percent and gun-related suicides by up to 11 percent, according to a study by Deepak Malhotra, Michael Luca, and Christopher Poliquin. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 17 Jul 2016
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    Tort Reform and Innovation

    by Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo

    This paper investigates how tort reforms might affect the development of new medical device technologies. The authors find that caps on non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering) are associated with an average decline in patenting for medical instrument technologies. The effect, however, is highly varied and depends on the characteristics of both the devices and the medical fields.

    • 22 Feb 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

    by Dina Gerdeman

    Historian Laura Phillips Sawyer unearths the story of little-known drug store owner Edna Gleason who, in a man’s world, helped fire a progressive movement to protect small-business owners from price-slashing chains. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

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