Stigler Center-CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference 2024: Corporate Democracy
November 8-9, 2024
Gleacher Center - Chicago- November 08, 2024
About the Conference
One of the goals of the 1934 Security and Exchange Act was to promote shareholder democracy through the proxy ballot. Ninety years later, this goal is far from being achieved. The rise of index funds has concentrated an enormous amount of voting power in just a few hands. Is corporate democracy desirable? What are its costs and benefits? Is it feasible in the face of the enormous concentration of voting power and the rational apathy of voters? What can we learn from political democracy? Is corporate democracy a form of plutocracy? The conference invites papers on all these themes.
The conference keynote will be delivered by Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart (Harvard University.)
This conference results from the merger of the conferences on Political Economy of Finance previously organized by PolEconFin and the Stigler Center, respectively. This revamped conference series will be held annually and will alternate between Europe and the United States.
The event, jointly hosted by the Stigler Center and The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), aims to bring together researchers active at the intersections between Economics, Finance, Political Science, and Law.
This conference is in-person and invitation-only. You can submit your interest in attending the conference here.
Call for Papers
Papers on topics related to corporate democracy were accepted for consideration through June 30.
The full agenda will be avilable online soon.
Conference Organizers
Program Committee
Conference Venue:
Gleacher Center
450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago, IL 60611
For more information, contact:
Rachel Piontek, Senior Associate Director, Stigler Center
rachel.piontek@chicagobooth.edu