Corporations

Amazon HQ2

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New York Times Tuesday, February 19, 2019

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U.S. Economy

The common ownership hypothesis: Theory and evidence

Matthew Backus, Christopher Conlon, and Michael Sinkinson

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Technology & Innovation

Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

January 24, 2019

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The Avenue

The New York Times exposed the risk of tracking our location, but let’s not forget the benefits

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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U.S. Metro Areas

Where will online orders get fulfilled? The changing local geography of e-commerce

Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Amazon HQ2

Amazon HQ2: How did we get here? What comes next?

Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Business & Industry

A policy at peace with itself: Antitrust remedies for our concentrated, uncompetitive economy

William A. Galston and Clara Hendrickson

Friday, January 5, 2018

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Business & Industry

Decoding CEO pay

Robert C. Pozen and S.P. Kothari

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The shadow of a shopper is cast onto the ground.

Corporations

How to end the practice of anonymously held corporations, one year post-Panama Papers

Aaron Klein

Monday, March 27, 2017

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The Avenue

Tech is (still) concentrating in the Bay Area: An update on America’s winner-take-most economic phenomenon

Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton

Monday, December 17, 2018

The Avenue

Amazon’s Northern Virginia headquarters could exacerbate existing economic disparities

Nicole Bateman, Jenny Schuetz, and Martha Ross

Thursday, November 29, 2018

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FixGov

Unhappy anniversary: U.S. withdrawal from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, one year later

Kelsey Landau and Norman Eisen

Friday, November 16, 2018

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Corporations

A better way to attract Amazon’s jobs

The common ownership hypothesis: Theory and evidence

Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places

The New York Times exposed the risk of tracking our location, but let’s not forget the benefits

Reports

Where will online orders get fulfilled? The changing local geography of e-commerce

Amazon HQ2: How did we get here? What comes next?

A policy at peace with itself: Antitrust remedies for our concentrated, uncompetitive economy

Decoding CEO pay

How to end the practice of anonymously held corporations, one year post-Panama Papers

Blog Posts

Tech is (still) concentrating in the Bay Area: An update on America’s winner-take-most economic phenomenon

Amazon’s Northern Virginia headquarters could exacerbate existing economic disparities

Unhappy anniversary: U.S. withdrawal from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, one year later

Events

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Exelon CEO Chris Crane

The relationship between corporations and American democracy

One year after the Panama Papers: Progress on anonymous corporate ownership?

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Wealth Creation and Wealth Sharing

The Deal Decade

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How the new tax bill encourages tax avoidance

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