This special issue brings together the papers presented and discussed at the Harold A. Black Academic Conference hosted by the Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the Political Economy Research Institute at Middle Tennessee State University. Dr. Black is an emeritus professor of finance at the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and has had a distinguished career advancing our understanding of race and discrimination in banking and finance. More specifically, throughout his career, Dr. Black undertook in-depth empirical studies that examined the institutional details of statistically observed disparate outcomes in banking and finance to determine whether these outcomes were attributable to discrimination or could be explained by non-discriminatory factors. In some instances, Dr. Black found that addressing disparate outcomes with inappropriate policies could result in perverse consequences that harmed the intended beneficiaries. This introduction explores the relationship between Harold Black’s work, the papers in this special issue examining, building on, and extending Harold Black’s work, and public choice economics.

本期特刊汇集了 Harold A. Black 学术会议上发表和讨论的论文，该学术会议由田纳西大学查塔努加分校自由企业 Probasco 杰出主席、田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校哈斯拉姆商学院和田纳西大学哈斯拉姆商学院主办。中田纳西州立大学政治经济学研究所。布莱克博士是诺克斯维尔田纳西大学哈斯拉姆商学院的金融学名誉教授，在增进我们对银行和金融领域种族和歧视的理解方面有着杰出的职业生涯。更具体地说，在他的整个职业生涯中，博士。布莱克进行了深入的实证研究，检查了银行和金融领域统计观察到的不同结果的制度细节，以确定这些结果是否可归因于歧视或可以用非歧视因素来解释。在某些情况下，布莱克博士发现，用不适当的政策解决不同的结果可能会导致损害预期受益人的不良后果。本简介探讨了哈罗德·布莱克的著作、本期研究、建立和扩展哈罗德·布莱克著作的论文以及公共选择经济学之间的关系。布莱克发现，用不适当的政策解决不同的结果可能会导致损害预期受益人的不良后果。本简介探讨了哈罗德·布莱克的著作、本期研究、建立和扩展哈罗德·布莱克著作的论文以及公共选择经济学之间的关系。布莱克发现，用不适当的政策解决不同的结果可能会导致损害预期受益人的不良后果。本简介探讨了哈罗德·布莱克的著作、本期研究、建立和扩展哈罗德·布莱克著作的论文以及公共选择经济学之间的关系。