The level of shareholders' expertise and experience needs to be questioned as they wield greater clout and become more … deeply involved in strategic issues that should be the board's purview. This misdirected involvement distracts shareholders … from their principal and most important role: electing and overseeing boards. To play that role, shareholders must have the …

"Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical … perspective, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed … different games that allow them to unpack microfinance mechanisms in a systematic way. They find that risk-taking broadly …

"Microfinance contracts have proven able to secure high rates of loan repayment in the face of limited liability and …, though, is at the heart of the promise that microfinance can deliver poverty reduction while not relying on ongoing subsidy …