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Corporate Political Interests in Absentia
We formalize Zingales’ (2017) argument about the link between corporate economic characteristics and political influence in a setup that exhibits an inverse relationship between citizens’...
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Bailouts by Popular Demand
We characterize conditions under which the majority of voters supports a bailout despite incurring bailout expenditures. This yields inefficiently high investments when economic prospects are...
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Collective and Individual Investments in Financial Literacy
A collective and an individual investment in financial literacy, plus intrinsic skills, contribute to each household’s financial literacy. We show that low- and high-skilled households...
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Bank Influence at a Discount
In a general equilibrium framework, we study the cost incurred by banks to ”buy” influence on capital regulation via campaign contributions. Our central result is...
Papers & Opinions
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Corporate Political Interests in Absentia
We formalize Zingales’ (2017) argument about the link between corporate economic characteristics and political influence in a setup that exhibits an inverse relationship between citizens’...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-044-300x169.webp)
Bailouts by Popular Demand
We characterize conditions under which the majority of voters supports a bailout despite incurring bailout expenditures. This yields inefficiently high investments when economic prospects are...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-025-300x168.webp)
Collective and Individual Investments in Financial Literacy
A collective and an individual investment in financial literacy, plus intrinsic skills, contribute to each household’s financial literacy. We show that low- and high-skilled households...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-009-300x169.webp)
Bank Influence at a Discount
In a general equilibrium framework, we study the cost incurred by banks to ”buy” influence on capital regulation via campaign contributions. Our central result is...
Papers & Opinions
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-012-300x169.webp)
Corporate Political Interests in Absentia
We formalize Zingales’ (2017) argument about the link between corporate economic characteristics and political influence in a setup that exhibits an inverse relationship between citizens’...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-044-300x169.webp)
Bailouts by Popular Demand
We characterize conditions under which the majority of voters supports a bailout despite incurring bailout expenditures. This yields inefficiently high investments when economic prospects are...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-025-300x168.webp)
Collective and Individual Investments in Financial Literacy
A collective and an individual investment in financial literacy, plus intrinsic skills, contribute to each household’s financial literacy. We show that low- and high-skilled households...
![](https://poleconfin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Poleconfin-featureImage-009-300x169.webp)
Bank Influence at a Discount
In a general equilibrium framework, we study the cost incurred by banks to ”buy” influence on capital regulation via campaign contributions. Our central result is...