[EL] New "BuyPartisan" App and the Costs of Disclosure

[Primo, David]

Dear Colleagues,

There is apparently a new app that allows you to scan a product to determine the partisanship of the producer, as determined by campaign contributions.  See story here<http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/267039/speedreads-this-app-will-let-you-know-which-political-parties-are-really-benefiting-when-you-buy-groceries>.

I am looking forward to discussing the merits of disclosure and shareholder approval when I present my paper<http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/primo/PrabhatPrimoRiskyBusinessAug2014.pdf> at a reserach panel<http://www.apsanet.org/mtgs/program_2014/program.cfm?event=1619088> this Saturday at the APSA meetings in Washington, but for now, suffice it to say that this sort of app is a great advertisement for why calls for greater disclosure and shareholder approval in the U.S. are likely to hurt, not helps, shareholders, contrary to the claims of reformers.

Best,
Dave

David M. Primo
Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor
Associate Professor of Political Science and Business Administration
Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science
University of Rochester
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