This paper studies the implications of attempts at "ethnic-affinity" profiling on Facebook that reflects users' engagement with content on Facebook. Profiling by ethnic-affinity is highly correlated with Census estimates of population race by geography. However, more users were profiled as...

This article canvases several types of antitrust violations. It discusses the legal standards in both the U.S. and EU, explains an illustrative case from each jurisdiction, discusses the differences in the law by comparing and contrasting the cases, and then retries the U.S. case under EU law to...

This study reviews the regulatory issues developers and users of emerging financial technologies face as use cases expand. DeFi and DAOs, which build upon advances in AI and blockchain, reduce the cost of coordinating complex financial services. Yet the efficiency gains intertwine with potential...

While the advent of cryptocurrencies and digital assets holds promise for improving and disrupting financial systems by offering cheap, quick, and secure transfer of value, it also opens up new payment channels for cybercrimes. A prerequisite to solving a problem is understanding the nature of...

On March 23, 2022, the SEC proposed that firms publicly disclose their cybersecurity incidents within four days of discovery. In the U.S., state-level data breach disclosure laws require firms to disclose the occurrence of a data breach, with some mandating disclosure within a deadline while...

This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...

This study examines the relationship between institutional pressures to provide social benefits and the discretionary accrual behavior of nonprofit firms. I examine this issue within the context of US nonprofit hospitals, an economically significant and politically rich setting where firms face...

The European Commission has recently sought to substantially revise how it regulates the telecommunication industry, with a key goal being to incentivise investment in high-speed broadband networks. Ambitious goals have been set regarding the availability and quality of broadband across the...

In this paper, we discuss the hypothetical impact of the Amount A regime on US corporate income tax revenue. The general outline of the two-pillar taxation system, which includes Amount A as a part of Pillar One, was agreed upon in October 2021 by the Inclusive Framework delegates who tackled...