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SUMMARY:Stigler Center-CEPR Conference Series on the Political Economy of Finance: Corny Capitalism in 21st Century America (Sixth Edition)
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LOCATION:Chicago, United States
DTSTAMP:20260601Z
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DESCRIPTION:CfP Deadline:
June 1, 2026
Conference Event:
November 6-7, 2026
Event Location:
Chicago, United States
Organizer(s):
PolEconFinStigler CenterCEPR
Description:
PolEconFin jointly organizes with the Stigler Center at the University of
Chicago and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) a conference
series on the Political Economy of Finance. The objective is to promote
research on this highly topical area, usually treated separately in
economics and finance, and build a community of researchers active in
political economy of finance.
This conference series is held annually and alternates between Europe and
the United States. The conference hosts a limited number of paper
presentations with designated discussants and ample opportunity for
discussion and interaction. Each edition of the conference focuses on a
specific theme.
A century after J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Mellon, the
rise of crony capitalism in America raises a familiar political economy
question: how business elites intertwine with political elites to help them
gain and entrench power.Today’s mechanisms may look different than those
in the past, but the core dynamic appears similar: concentrated wealth can
underwrite political ascents, reshape the information environment, and
weaken democratic accountability and state capacity. The emphasis is not
only on policy favors but on how economic power can be converted into
political power, tilting the rules of democratic competition and making
influence self-reinforcing.We aim to bring together scholars from finance,
economics, political science, history, and law to compare these dynamics
across countries and time, and to identify when and why the alliance
between economic and political power becomes especially consequential for
American democracy in the twenty-first century.
Submission: 
Please submit papers through this link. The submission deadline is Monday 1
June 2026 (11:59PM CT).
If you have any difficulties submitting your paper for this event, please
contact Matthew Lucky (matthew.lucky@chicagobooth.edu). There is no
submission fee. The authors will be notified about the acceptance of papers
end of August 2026.
Link(s):
Stigler Center-CEPR Conference Series on the Political Economy of Finance:
Corny Capitalism in 21st Century America (Sixth Edition)
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