Center for Political Accountability, December 17, 2019
Mutual Fund Support for Corporate Political Disclosure Continues Steady Rise; BlackRock, Vanguard and Fidelity Remain Outliers
Issue One, September 12, 2018
Dark Money Illuminated
Sustainable Investments Institute, August 21, 2018
Proxy Season Mid-Year Review: Social, Environmental & Sustainable Governance Shareholder Proposals in 2018 (Excerpts on Corporate Political Activity)
Center for Political Accountability, June 19, 2018
Collision Course
Si2, As You Sow, and Proxy Impact, March 2018
2018 Proxy Preview
Si2 for The 50-50 Climate Project, February 2018
Spending Against Change
Professor Ciara Torres- Spelliscy, January 2018
Boycotting the President’s Brand: Commercial Reactions to Trump
Public Citizen, May 3, 2017
Majority Report
As You Sow, Sustainable Investments Institute, & Proxy Impact, March 8, 2017
2017 Proxy Preview (report & webinar recording)
Sustainable Investments Institute & Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute, February 2017
How Leading U.S. Corporations Govern and Spend on State Lobbying
Center for American Progress, January 5, 2017
Drain the Swamp
Public Citizen, September 14, 2016
The Historic Campaign for Corporate Political Spending Disclosure
Center for American Progress, September 1, 2016
Big Business Is Still Dominating State Supreme Courts
Tyler Gellasch, September 2016
Towards a Sustainable Economy: A review of Comments to the SEC’s Disclosure Effectiveness Concept Release
Chisun Lee, Katherine Valde, Benjamin T. Brickner, & Douglas Keith, Brennan Center for Justice, June 26, 2016
Secret Spending in the States
Sustainable Investments Institute, June 2016
FACT SHEET: The Investor Campaign for Corporate Political Activity Disclosure
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2015
Prof. Tamara Piety, July 20, 2015
The Corporate First Amendment: Why Protection for Commercial and Corporate Speech Does Not Advance First Amendment Values
Prof. Jennifer Taub, July 20, 2015
Still Too Big To Fail: Opportunities for Regulatory Action Seven Years after the Bear Stearns Rescue
Prof. John C. Coates, February 27, 2015
Corporate Speech and the First Amendment: History, Data, and Implications
2014
Sustainable Investments Institute, July 2, 2014
U.S. Shareholder Proposals Filed on Corporate Political Activity 2010-2014
2013
Demos, May 2013
Explainer: Who decides when a corporation spends money in politics?
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, June 18, 2013
The SEC and Dark Political Money: An Historical Argument for Requiring Disclosure
2012
Center for Political Accountability, December 2012
Corporate Political Spending and the Mutual Fund Vote: 2012 PROXY SEASON ANALYSIS
Public Citizen, October 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Pumps Millions into Elections: Analysis of the Limited Disclosure of Corporate Contributions to the Chamber
Public Citizen, October 2012
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: A Leading Dark Money Spender in 29 Senate and House Races
Lucian A. Bebchuck and Robert J. Jackson Jr., September 2012
Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending
Center for Political Accountability, September 2012
The 2012 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Accountability and Disclosure
Brennan Center for Justice, August 2012
Transparency for Corporate Political Spending: A Federal Solution
Corporate Reform Coalition, August 2012
Sunlight for Shareholders
Michael Hadani and Douglas A. Schuler, July 13, 2012
In Search of El Dorado: The Elusive Financial Returns on Corporate Political Investments
John Coates, Harvard Law School, July 6, 2012
Corporate Politics, Governance, and Value Before and After Citizens United
Corporate Reform Coalition, June 2012
Sunlight State by State After Citizens United
Business and Politics, April 2012
Corporate Political Donations: Investment or Agency?
Rajesh Aggarwal, Felix Meschke, and Tracy Yue Wang, April 5, 2012
Corporate Political Donations: Investment or Agency?
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy & Kathy Fogel, Spring 2012
Shareholder-Authorized Corporate Political Spending in the U.K.
The Conference Board Review, January 25, 2012
Dangerous Terrain: How To Manage Corporate Political Spending In A Risky New Environment
Coalition for Accountability in Political Spending, Jan. 17, 2012
Super PACS and the Corporations Who Love Them
Coffee Party, Jan. 8, 2012
Unions vs. Corporations: Rules Concerning the Expenditure of Treasury Money on Political Spending
2011
Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business, 2011
The Baruch Index of Corporate Political Disclosure; The Lack of Current Transparency on Corporate Political Spending
Center for Political Accountability, December 21, 2011
Mutual Fund Voting Reports on CPA Resolutions
Sustainable Investments Institute, November 2011
Corporate Governance of Political Expenditures: 2011 Benchmark Report on S&P 500 Companies
Committee for Economic Development, September 26, 2011
Hidden Money: The Need for Transparency in Political Finance
Committee for Economic Development, September 26, 2011
After Citizens United: Improving Accountability in Political Finance
Public Citizen, September 7, 2011
Fulfilling Kennedy’s Promise: Why the SEC Should Mandate Disclosure of Corporate Political Activity
Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2011
Corporate Political Transparency Ratings
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University College of Law, July 4, 2011
The Constitutionality of Disclosure of Money in Politics: Has the Tide Turned in Favor of Disclosure? Revealing Money in Politics after Citizens United and Doe v. Reed
Public Citizen, Jan. 18, 2011
12 Months After: The Effects of Citizen’s United on Elections and the Integrity of the Legislative Process
2010
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University College of Law, 2010-2011
Hiding Behind the Tax Code, the Dark Election of 2010 and Why Tax-Exempt Entities Should Be Subject to Robust Federal Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws
The Conference Board, 2010
Handbook on Corporate Political Activity, Emerging Corporate Governance Issues 6
Public Advocate for the City of New York, December 2010
Citizens United and the 2010 Midterm Elections
Public Citizen, November 18, 2010
Eclipsed Disclosure: Nearly Half of Outside Groups Kept Donors Secret in 2010; Top 10 Groups Revealed Sources of Only One in Four Dollars Spent
Sustainable Investments Institute, October 14, 2010
How Companies Influence Elections: Political Campaign Spending Patterns and Oversight at America’s Largest Companies
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Robert L. Jackson, Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School, September 2010
The Need for Improved Corporate/Securities Law post-Citizens United: Corporate Political Speech: Who Decides?
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Deniz Igan, Prachi Mishra, and Thierry Tressel, International Monetary Fund, December 2009
A Fistful of Dollars: Lobbying and the Financial Crisis
Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder, Jr., Michiko Ueda, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 2004
Did Firms Profit from Soft Money?