Connecting to power

Ufuk Akcigit interviewed by Tim Phillips, 23 November 2018

Firms like to be politically connected, because it makes it easier for them to do business. But is it good for the rest of us? Ufuk Akcigit of the University of Chicago tells Tim Phillips about the consequences of connecting to power.

Topics: Industrial organisation Productivity and Innovation Taxation

Tags: taxation, protectionism, competition

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Ufuk Akcigit

Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

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