Conflict-of-interest Policies - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2022
Article

Does Industry Employment of Active Regulators Weaken Oversight?

I study whether industry employment of active regulators weakens oversight. To examine this question, I exploit that the Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP), the German capital-market regulator responsible for enforcing public firms’ compliance with accounting... View Details

Keywords: Conflict-of-interest Policies; Directorships; Enforcement Actions; Industry Employment; Self-regulatory Organizations; Governance Compliance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Conflict of Interests

13 Sep 2018
HBS Seminar

Ashley Swanson, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

01 Mar 2016
News

Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias

the lackluster ones led to projects with a measurably larger academic impact than projects selected without significant specialized expert input. The takeaway was clear, says Li. “Strong conflict-of-interest View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

relaxed, and agencies have begun adopting hybrid conflict-of-interest policies wherein competing accounts are served by a common agency—augmented by safeguards to protect confidential information and avoid... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

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