Business Scholarship Podcast

Jeremy Kress, assistant professor of business law at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and Matthew Turk, assistant professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University Kelly School of Business, join the Business Scholarship Podcast to discuss their forthcoming article Too Many to Fail: Against Community Bank Deregulation. In their article Kress and Turk identify myths about community banking that have been used to justify that sector's deregulation and explain why deregulation increases the risk of future community-bank failures. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Michael Cappucci, managing director for compliance and sustainable investing at Harvard Management Company, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast to discuss his new paper The Proxy War against Proxy Advisors. In this paper, Cappucci traces the growing influence of proxy advisors and addresses common criticisms about their business practices, accuracy, and role within U.S. corporate governance. He considers recent proposed regulations affecting the proxy-advisor industry and evaluates their likely effects on corporate governance and institutional shareholders and asset managers. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Letian Zhang, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast to discuss his working paper Shaking Things Up: Unintended Consequences of Firm Acquisitions on Racial and Gender Inequality. In this paper, Zhang uses EEOC data to examine the effects of mergers on racial and gender equality in acquired companies. He finds that although mergers may exacerbate inequality between high-skill and low-skill workers, they are associated with reductions in racial and gender inequality. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Anne Tucker, associate professor of law at Georgia State University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss her work on Citizens United and the decision's implications for corporate law, money in politics, and American democracy. Works discussed include Flawed Assumptions: A Corporate Law Analysis of Free Speech and Corporate Personhood in Citizens United, Rational Coercion: Citizens United and a Modern Day Prisoner's Dilemma, The Citizen Shareholder: Modernizing the Agency Paradigm to Reflect How and Why a Majority of Americans Invest in the Market, and Locked In: The Competitive Disadvantage of Citizen Shareholders. In addition to discussing her scholarship, Tucker reflects on the tenth anniversary of Citizens United, including what's surprised her, what hasn't, and what she is watching over the next ten years. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, professor of law at Stetson University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss her work on Citizens United and the decision's implications for corporate law, money in politics, and American democracy. Works discussed include Corporate Citizen? An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State and Political Brands. In addition to discussing her scholarship, Torres-Spelliscy reflects on the tenth anniversary of Citizens United, including what's surprised her, what hasn't, and what she is watching over the next ten years. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Michael Rocca, associate professor of political science at the University of New Mexico, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss his articles The Effects of Citizens United on Corporate Spending in the 2012 Presidential Election and The Impact of Citizens United on Large Corporations and Their Employees. In these articles, Rocca and his co-authors find that the Citizens United decision did not lead to observable increases in direct campaign spending by firms or their employees, although it did mark a substantial increase in expenditures by a small set of high-spending individuals. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Elizabeth Pollman, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss her work on Citizens United and the decision's implications for corporate law, money in politics, and American democracy. Works discussed include Citizens Not United: The Lack of Stockholder Voluntariness in Corporate Political Speech, A Corporate Right to Privacy, The Derivative Nature of Corporate Constitutional Rights, and Constitutionalizing Corporate Law. In addition to discussing her scholarship, Pollman reflects on the tenth anniversary of Citizens United, including what's surprised her, what hasn't, and what she is watching over the next ten years. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Anna Harvey, professor of politics at New York University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss her article Does Money Have a Conservative Bias? Estimating the Causal Impact of Citizens United on State Legislative Preferences. In this article, Harvey and her co-author find that after Citizens United not only did states whose campaign-finance laws were affected by the decision see flips in control of legislative seats, but also that elected Republican legislators held more conservative policy preferences. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Sarah Haan, associate professor of law at Washington & Lee University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss her work on Citizens United and the decision's implications for corporate law, money in politics, and American democracy. Works discussed include Voter Primacy and Shareholder Proposal Settlements and the Private Ordering of Public Elections. In addition to discussing her scholarship, Haan reflects on the tenth anniversary of Citizens United, including what's surprised her, what hasn't, and what she is watching over the next ten years. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Kent Greenfield, professor of law at Boston College, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss his work on Citizens United and the decision's implications for corporate law, money in politics, and American democracy. Works discussed include Corporations Are People Too (And They Should Act Like It). In addition to discussing his scholarship, Greenfield reflects on the tenth anniversary of Citizens United, including what's surprised him, what hasn't, and what he is watching over the next ten years. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.