We study the extent to which individuals' consumption decisions are influenced by firms'
stances on controversial social issues and the implied incentives for firms to take such …

Guardians of Democracy? Big Business and Campaign Contributions After January 6 Amy
Meli and Florian Gawehns University of Maryl Page 1 Guardians of Democracy? Big Business …

On what policy areas and with what strategies should businesses be involved in political
activity? In recent years, advocates of “stakeholder capitalism” have endorsed a normative …

Through a data-driven, computationally intensive approach, this study explores how large
corporations engage in hashtag activism to navigate public expectations and potential …

For decades, the business community has been viewed as a core constituency of the
Republican Party. However, several factors, such as corporate prioritization of social values …

This dissertation combines three essays that study how individuals' preferences and
perceptions on social and political issues influence their behavior, with the goal of better …

Do political identities influence workers' willingness to cooperate at work? Do workers prefer
copartisans over outpartisans as colleagues even at the expense of competence? This …