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The current practice of charging money for life-saving health products in developing countries is a source of controversy among policymakers. Opponents argue that the practice is unfair and that fees will result in goods only reaching the richest of th...

Since the 1990s, foreign capital has become an increasingly importantsource of financing for emerging market firms. Because companies thataccess global capital markets receive substantial benefits, it is difficult tounderstand why so few firms take adv...

Even though insider trading laws have become stricter over time, insiders are still trading their company's stock and making money from trades. New research examines how insiders limit trading their company's stock for fear of legal repercussions when ...

It has long been suspected that fear of competition spurs managers to hide better-than-average business unit profit performance. However, a new study instead finds evidence that fear of increased oversight leads managers to hide less-than-average busin...

Mutual fund managers tend to invest more heavily in companies headed by senior officers who attend the same universities as the fund mangers. Futhermore, those investments tend to be more fruitful than their holdings in firms with which they have no co...

New research suggests that the best way to promote fraud detection is to extend the Federal Civic False Claims Act to corporate fraud.

Much of everyday behavior is directed toward understanding, responding to, or attempting to change how we are seen by the people around us. We can be easily led astray, however, by common errors in these perceptions. New research shows us that when we ...

The Human Rights Program hosts a panel about how an interest in human rights doesn't mean you have to drop out of school to save the world, and how internships in the field transfer to the real world.

A bequest from Trustee Edward L. Ryerson, Jr., was the catalyst for the Ryerson Lecture series. Upon receiving the bequest, President Edward Levi suggested to the Board of Trustees that a fund be established to support special faculty lectures. The boa...