Human Capital in Venture Capital: Evidence From 100,000 Venture Capitalists

Photo by Mercedes Matzm via Pexels Countries in western Europe have experienced three heatwaves in as many months, costing lives, disrupting infrastructure and prompting scientists and politicians to urge governments to work harder to transition away from fossil fuels and beef up their adaptation plans. In parts of May, June and July, temperatures across western…

Key Findings Digital services taxes (DSTs) are gross-based taxes, which can pyramid through supply chains and cause disproportionate harm to low-margin businesses and to value chains with multiple participants; the same underlying commerce may be included in multiple firms’ taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from…

Photo by Dibakar Roy via Pexels Here’s our round-up of women-focused and gender equality news from the last few weeks, including think tank ODI Global’s assessment that women are central to food system resilience but that the policies, finance and institutions governing those systems are not designed to support them; the Council of Europe’s guidance…

The rise of superstar firms has made dominant companies central to modern economic life, and antitrust enforcement is one of the main policy tools for regulating their market power. Public opinion can shape the political and regulatory environment in which antitrust enforcement takes place, yet there is little direct evidence on what drives these preferences….

Throughout the massive growth of artificial intelligence and the infrastructure that powers it, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM +0.17%) has been a consistent winner. TSMC, as it’s known, is the world’s largest chip foundry, producing advanced semiconductors for Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, Broadcom, and many others. TSMC holds a dominant 73% market share in the global foundry…