Clark Center Forum

About the Clark Center Forum

The Forum for the Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets is home to the European, Finance, and US Economic Experts Panels as well as a repository of thoughtful, current, and reliable information regarding topics of the day.
Europe

State Aid

Question A:

Loosening regulations on state aid to allow targeted incentives for companies in certain sectors will substantially improve the EU’s relative attractiveness for corporate investment.

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Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Question B:

Loosening regulations on state aid will give a substantial advantage to the economies of EU members with stronger public finances.

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Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Question C:

Even if looser regulations on state aid are temporary, they risk permanent damage to the EU’s longstanding competition policy regime.

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Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Investment, Infrastructure, & Cities
Finance

Individual Investor Order Execution

Question A:

The SEC’s proposed new rule for stock orders from individual investors is likely to be effective in giving those investors better prices on their trades on average.

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Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Question B:

The new rule would improve the overall operation of the stock market.

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Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Financial Regulation
US

Non-Compete Clauses

This US survey examines (a) Prohibiting firms from imposing employment contract provisions that prevent workers from moving to a competitor or starting a competing business would lead to a substantial increase in wages in the affected industries; (b) A ban on non-compete clauses would lead to a measurable increase in innovation; (c) A ban on non-compete clauses would lead to a measurable reduction in firms’ investment in staff training

  
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Jobs, Pay, & Unemployment
Finance

Public and Private Equities

This Finance survey examines (a) Although the reported volatility of asset values in private markets (private equity, buyouts, and venture capital) is lower than that of comparable assets in public markets, their true volatility is broadly similar or greater; (b) Since the global financial crisis, the realized returns on private equities have measurably exceeded the returns on public equities 
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US

Music Event Ticketing

This US survey examines (a) The market power of event ticket-selling intermediaries leads to consumers who ultimately attend the events paying substantially more and producers receiving substantially less than they would if the intermediary sector were more competitive; (b) The present system of initial ticket selling and reselling through secondary ticket intermediaries often leads to large transfers between different groups of ticket buyers that could be partially captured by artists through higher initial ticket prices; (c) Artists set prices at less than market-clearing levels in an effort to provide access for fans with modest incomes 
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Regulation, Competition, & Market Power
Europe

Electric Vehicles

This European survey examines (a) Without government intervention, take-up of electric vehicles will be substantially less than is desirable to reduce carbon emissions; (b) To encourage greater take-up of electric vehicles, public expenditure on infrastructure to support them (such as charging stations) is likely to be more cost-effective than providing equivalent amounts as tax credits/purchase rebates for buyers 
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Environment, Climate Change, & Natural Resources
FT-Booth US Macroeconomists Survey

FTxIGM: Unemployment to rise?

This installment of the FTxIGM US Macroeconomists Survey discusses the possibility of rising unemployment vis-a-vis the expectation that the Fed will be able to stem inflation. It also examines the US housing market. The summary results are below and you can read the Financial Times article here, subscription required. View the results of this survey […] 
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FT-Booth US Macroeconomists Survey
US

Twitter

This US survey examines (a) Network externalities give Twitter an incumbent advantage that will slow substantially the migration of users who would prefer alternative platforms;
(b) As of now, there needs to be more government regulation around Twitter’s content moderation and personal data protection. 
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Business, Management, & Corporate Performance
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