Jun 10, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
Who actually holds the power when the SEC writes the rules of Wall Street? Co-hosts Nick Morgan and Tom Zaccaro sit down with Dartmouth and University of Florida professors Gabriel Voelcker and…
Gabriel PundrichGuestNick MorganHost
Gabriel VoelckerGuest
Tom ZaccaroHostAnd the reason for our podcast today is that we are joined by Professor Gabriel Voelcker from the Tuck Business, School of Business at Dartmouth, and Professor Gabriel Pundrich from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.
You are co-authors of a groundbreaking new paper, "Constituent Interests in SEC Rules: Evidence from Voluntary Comment Letters." And w-without short-changing the methodology and the results of your paper, I can summarize it by saying that you used large language models to analyze over sixty-five thousand public comment letters, and, and the, the paper is the result of your analysis.
And as, as the audience will know, ICAN is a participant in the rulemaking process in a number of ways.
We have petitioned for rulemaking, we have commented on rules, and on occasion, we have joined in lawsuits challenging rules promulgated by the commission.
Um, so Tom, I know you've looked at the paper and, and looked at the, the methodology and the results.
And the reason for our podcast today is that we are joined by Professor Gabriel Voelcker from the Tuck Business, School of Business at Dartmouth, and Professor Gabriel Pundrich from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.
You are co-authors of a groundbreaking new paper, "Constituent Interests in SEC Rules: Evidence from Voluntary Comment Letters." And w-without short-changing the methodology and the results of your paper, I can summarize it by saying that you used large language models to analyze over sixty-five thousand public comment letters, and, and the, the paper is the result of your analysis.
And as, as the audience will know, ICAN is a participant in the rulemaking process in a number of ways.
We have petitioned for rulemaking, we have commented on rules, and on occasion, we have joined in lawsuits challenging rules promulgated by the commission.
Um, so Tom, I know you've looked at the paper and, and looked at the, the methodology and the results.
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