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The ownership economy · SELECTED MOMENT · 1:21

Holding stock shares distributes profits without necessarily changing dominant firms’ decisions.

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Jan EeckhoutICREA Research Professor · Pompeu Fabra UniversityLinkedIn ↗

Free short preview · Owning shares does not settle market power

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Jan EeckhoutICREA Research Professor · Pompeu Fabra UniversityLinkedIn ↗

Holding stock shares distributes profits without necessarily changing dominant firms’ decisions.

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Attributed contributors: Jan Eeckhout. “Holding stock shares distributes profits without necessarily changing dominant firms’ decisions..” Market Power, AI, Development and Freedom – Paths Forward. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 8:31–9:53. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-46fef2b2de75

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Analyst synthesis. The recording establishes that a claim was made. It does not independently establish the claimed effect.

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Holding stock shares distributes profits without necessarily changing dominant firms’ decisions.

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Jan EeckhoutICREA Research Professor · Pompeu Fabra UniversityLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Separate a claim on surplus from influence over market conduct.

Limit: Does not imply every ownership arrangement has identical governance.

ownership modeldecision rightsbenefit distribution

Where it connects.

Ownership is a bundle of rights whose boundaries and distribution must be examined separately.

Profit participation, control, secure use and durable purpose can be combined differently. No legal label establishes all four, and membership boundaries matter.

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