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Save to My PortfolioU.S. Expanding the Law - Domestic and Foreign - to Benefit Corporations

Ben Klemens, February 17, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle

In a recent op-ed, Ben Klemens addresses the issue of how the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative influences the restriction of generic drugs in the markets worldwide. Read More

Trade, Corporations, Intellectual Property

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Save to My PortfolioDo Politically Connected Firms Undermine Their Own Competitiveness?

Raj M. Desai and Anders Olofsgård, January 2008, The Brookings Institution

In a new Global working paper, Raj Desai and co-author Anders Olofsgård examines cronyism, specifically focusing on the competitiveness of politically favored firms, and finding that influential firms do innovate and invest less. Read More

Competitiveness, Developing Countries, Economic Development, Politics, Business

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioShould Sovereign Wealth Funds Be Regulated?

Thursday, December 06, 2007
12:00 PM to 12:00
Washington, DC

Should Sovereign Wealth Funds Be Regulated?Brookings recently hosted leading economists for a discussion on the breadth and depth of sovereign wealth funds and potential regulation. Read More

Competitiveness, International Monetary Fund, Middle East, U.S. Congress, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioVolunteering for Impact: Best Practices in International Corporate Volunteering

Adeeb Mahmud and Greg Hills, September 2007, The Brookings Instutution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReforming Corporate Taxation in a Global Economy: A Proposal to Adopt Formulary Apportionment

Kimberly A. Clausing and Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, June 2007, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRehabilitating the Business Income Tax

Edward D. Kleinbard, June 2007, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInvestigating Public Transparency Policies

Mary Graham, May 01, 2007, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioUnfriendly Skies

Clifford Winston and Robert W. Crandall, December 18, 2006, The Wall Street Journal

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Save to My PortfolioLeading in a Global Environment

Lael Brainard, October 24, 2006, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioCorporate Citizenship and Urban Problem Solving: The Changing Civic Role of Business Leaders in American Cities

Royce Hanson, Hal Wolman, David Connolly and Katherine Pearson, September 2006, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe AT&T/BellSouth Merger: The Breakdown of 'Breakup'

Clifford Winston and Robert W. Crandall, March 09, 2006, The Wall Street Journal

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Save to My PortfolioEquity Markets, The Corporation and Economic Development

Kenneth Dam, February 01, 2006, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 280

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Save to My PortfolioThe Big Telecomm Mergers: Nothing to Fear

Robert E. Litan, 18-Nov-05, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioThe Corporate Scandals, Why They Happened And Why They May Not Happen Again

Larry D. Thompson, 13-Jul-04, Chautauqua Institution Lecture

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Save to My PortfolioCorporate Social Responsibility: The New Social Contract

Ann Florini, September 2003, What's Next?

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Law That's Out of Date: Anti-Tying Restrictions On Banks

Robert E. Litan, May 27, 2003, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCongress Morphs an 'Itty-Bitty' Tax Cut Into a Budget Buster

Leonard E. Burman and Peter R. Orszag, 20-May-03, Los Angeles Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBanks Must Be Untied from an Outdated Law

Robert E. Litan, 6-May-03, Financial Times

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