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Although states stand to earn significant revenue from developing a system of corporate law and encouraging companies to incorporate under it, most tend not to make the necessary investments. That may be perfectly rational. After all, a state may not …
In the aggregate, retail investors allocate tremendous amounts of capital and often turn to financial advisers to help them pick the best investment opportunities. In a recently published article, I describe how financial adviser conflicts of interest now distort …