Research

Denise is an applied researcher – her work aims to directly influence policy-making, organizational behavior, and investor strategy. Her research has focused on market power, macroeconomics, competition policy, sustainability, and responsible investing, among other themes.

MARKET POWER, ANTITRUST, INEQUALITY

Harms from Concentrated Industries: A Primer

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

This report is meant to act as a resource for civil society groups, policy makers, and interested members of the public who would like a basic primer on some issues related to market concentration and market power. The document references global and national research across different jurisdictions to demonstrate broad trends. In a short document, it is not feasible to comprehensively cover the range of sector, regional, and political nuances present in this vast body of law and policy. We have listed a number of civil society organizations at the end of the document for readers who wish to find further research and campaign efforts on these issues.

ANTITRUST, ENVIRONMENT, COLLABORATION

Antitrust and Sustainability:
A Landscape Analysis

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

This report – a joint publication of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law – gives an overview of the broad purview of antitrust law, and the myriad and complex ways in which it intersects with and affects sustainability goals. The purpose of this report is to provoke and support engaged and informed conversation among policymakers, private firms, and the wider public around the appropriate competition policy framework which can support sustainable development broadly.

PRIVATE EQUITY, POWER, ANTITRUST, COMPETITION

The Roll-up Economy: The Business of Consolidating Industries with Serial Acquisitions

While large mergers in concentrated industries make national news and present a serious problem, the focus on headline-making mergers can ignore a potentially more concerning trend: the intentional consolidation of fragmented industries through small, “serial acquisitions…”

STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM, ANTITRUST, POWER, ESG

Stakeholder Capitalism’s Next Frontier: Pro- or Anti-monopoly?

Firms championed by the stakeholder capitalism movement represent some of the largest and most powerful global companies today. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, ranks #1 on JUST Capital’s most “just companies” list, but Google has also been investigated…

MARKETS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ANTITRUST

The Other Red Tape: Market Concentration and the Rise of Private Gatekeepers

This report documents the ways dominant corporations threaten entrepreneurship and business growth and lays out how we can restructure markets to be open, fair, and competitive.

COMPETITION POLICY, CANADA, ONTARIO

ON360 Transition Briefings 2022 – Competition Policy: Should the Province Play a Larger Role?

Old ways of thinking about market competition and competition policy do not fit new and emerging economic developments. A collaboration between the federal government and Ontario could be enhanced to benefit the province while promoting effective competition nationwide.

COLLABORATION, ANTITRUST, SUSTAINABILITY

Recommendations to Update the FTC and DOJ’s Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

This white paper offers recommendations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on how to update the 2000 Competitor Collaboration Guidelines in a way that aligns with their current enforcement agenda under the Biden Administration.

Embodied Economics

NEWSLETTER: STAY UP-TO-DATE

A newsletter exploring economic paradigms and financial systems through: Nature, Body, Power, Care, and Interconnectedness.