Portrait of Luigi Zingales
Scholar portraitSource: University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Zingales

Luigi Zingales

Economist of corporate finance, governance, and institutions

corporate financeprivate benefits of controlpolitical economy

Official Source Note

Chicago Booth lists Zingales as the Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance. His official profile describes research spanning corporate governance, financial development, political economy, culture, and digital platforms.

Zingales is included because his scholarship links control rights, private benefits, corporate finance, media oversight, political economy, and the institutional conditions for competitive markets.

Source: University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Relevance to the Archive

Zingales helps connect corporate governance to finance, ownership structure, media oversight, and the institutional conditions for competitive markets.

Representative Contributions

  • Private Benefits of Control (with Alexander Dyck)
  • The Corporate Governance Role of the Media
  • Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists