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What does “equity” mean to you? | Illustration by Christopher DeLorenzo
The most recent issue of Stanford Business magazine explored the various meanings of “equity” in social, corporate, and transnational contexts. As part of that exploration, we asked several Stanford Graduate School of Business professors to suggest their favorite books and articles on the subject. Here are their recommendations.
Anat Admati, the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics
“Bank Capital and Monetary Policy Transmission,” by Hyun Song Shin, panel remarks at the European Central Bank and Its Watchers Conference, April 2016
“We’re All Still Hostages to the Big Banks,” by Anat Admati, New York Times, August 25, 2013
David Broockman, Assistant Professor of Political Economy
How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century, by Hahrie Han, 2014
Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement, by Marshall Ganz, 2009
“Priming Predispositions and Changing Policy Positions: An Account of When Mass Opinion Is Primed or Changed,” by Michael Tesler, American Journal of Political Science, October 2015
Peter DeMarzo, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance
The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do About It, by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig, 2013
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth S. Rogoff, Princeton University Press, 2010
Lisa De Simone, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Their Fair Share: Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR, by Joseph Thorndike, 2013
We Are Better Than This: How Government Should Spend Our Money, by Edward Kleinbard, 2014
Nir Halevy, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2013
Who Gets What — and Why, by Alvin E. Roth, 2015
Arvind Krishnamurthy, the John S. Osterweis Professor of Finance
House of Debt, by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi, 2014
“Household Finance,” by John Y. Campbell, The Journal of Finance, August 2006
Jeffrey Pfeffer, the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior
The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity, by Michael Marmot, 2004
“Work Characteristics, Socioeconomic Position and Health: A Systematic Review of Mediation and Moderation Effects in Prospective Studies,” by Hanno Hoven and Johannes Siegrist, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, September 2013
“Disentangling the Indirect Links Between Socioeconomic Status and Health: The Dynamic Role of Work Stressors and Personal Control,” by Amy M. Christie and Julian Barling, Journal of Applied Psychology, November 2009
Paul Pfleiderer, the C.O.G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Finance
“Should We Pay CEOs with Debt?” by Alex Edmans, World Economic Forum, March 14, 2016
Jerry Porras, the Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus
Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less, by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao, 2014
“Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Scale,” by John Hamm, Harvard Business Review, December 2002
Stefan J. Reichelstein, the William R. Timken Professor of Accounting
“Decentralized Energy Systems for Clean Electricity Access,” by Peter Alstone, Dimitry Gershenson, and Daniel M. Kammen, Nature Climate Change, March 2015
“The Effect of Infrastructure Access and Quality on Non-Farm Enterprises in Rural Indonesia,” by John Gibson and Susan Olivia (2010), World Development, May 2010
“Who Benefits Most From Rural Electrification? Evidence in India,” by Shahidur R. Khandker, Hussain A. Samad, Rubaba Ali, and Douglas F. Barnes, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, June 2012
Myra Strober, Professor of Economics (by courtesy)
Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have It All by Sharing It All, by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober, 2009
Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire Change at Work, by Debra E. Meyerson, 2001
Living Wages, Equal Wages: Gender and Labor Market Policies in the United States, by Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power, 2002
Lawrence Wein, the Jeffrey S. Skoll Professor of Management Science
“Is the Impact of Cumulative Disadvantage on Sentencing Greater for Black Defendants?” by John Wooldredge, James Frank, Natalie Goulette, and Lawrence Travis III, Criminology & Public Policy, May 2015
“California Prison Downsizing and Its Impact on Local Criminal Justice Systems,” by Stanford Law Professor Joan Petersilia, Harvard Law & Policy Review, August 2014
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