Faculty News

An interview with Prof. Kim Schoenholtz on the Fed's actions

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "I share the chairman's view. They're not really out [of ammunition], but they're cautious about using their most powerful tools. And they should be."
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Prof. Edward Altman on Italy and the euro's chance of survival

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "'Now it is no more than 50-50,' [Altman] told the 2012 International Risk Management Conference in Rome. 'Italy is the fulcrum country. Italy is under the scrutiny of the markets. Italy is too large to save,' he added."
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Research by Prof. Arun Sundararajan on India's Unique Identification initiative is cited

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Excerpt from Forbes India -- "A recent study led by Professor Arun Sundararajan of the NYU Stern School of Business showed that almost 56% of the now 200 million enrolees of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) programme did not have portable identities before."
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Prof. Adam Alter's research on exceptional expenses is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Globe and Mail -- "'In each instance, it seems reasonable to make a budgeting exception given the special nature of the spending and the low likelihood that a similar situation will recur any time soon,' the authors Abigail Sussman, a doctoral candidate of psychology at Princeton University, and Adam Alter, an assistant professor of marketing at New York University, wrote."
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An op-ed by Nobel Laureate Michael Spence on restoring stability & growth in the euro zone

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Excerpt from Project Syndicate -- "After all, restoring stability and growth is only partly about reviving short-term aggregate demand. It is also about structural reform and re-balancing, which comes at a cost."
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Prof. Edward Altman on Itay's membership in the EMU

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Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "I'd say the probability of Italy making it is 50/50 at best ... but its the last hope for the euro staying together."
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Prof. Richard Sylla on the monopoly power of Moody's, S&P and Fitch Ratings

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'That increased the monopoly power of Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s and Fitch,' said Richard Sylla, a financial historian at New York University’s Stern School of Business .. 'It was a bad move on the part of the government. It was a big favor to the rating agencies.'"
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In an op-ed, NYU Stern faculty argue Europe's banks need a TARP of their own

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "With bank runs already under way, the immediate requirement is a euro-area Troubled Asset Relief Program like that used in the U.S. to clean up the banks during the 2008 financial crisis. The existing European Financial Stability Facility and the anticipated European Stability Mechanism aren’t up to the challenge."
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In an op-ed, Prof. Roy Smith proposes a euro-wide deposit insurance system

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Excerpt from Financial News -- "Two things need to be done urgently: to secure the necessary ratification of the eurozone countries to authorise the European Stability Mechanism and to allocate a portion of its €500bn fund to a new deposit insurance fund similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the US."
School News

Stern's Master of Science in Global Finance degree, offered in partnership with HKUST, is cited

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Mark Seasholes, a finance professor at HKUST, says many of those enrolled on the programme want to figure out the bigger picture. 'Many companies want more than just the maths. We want to teach students how to deal with the problems that are coming up in five years.'"
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Master of Science in Global Finance student Michael Chiu is profiled

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "I applied to the MS in Global Finance because I believe it is a great way to bolster my qualifications, enrich my knowledge base and financial acumen, launch my career development in a new trajectory, and continue to help MetLife achieve profitable growth globally."
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The Stern Consulting Corps are cited for helping the local NYC community

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "In 2001, the couple moved to Harlem so that Mr. Williams could work for the Clinton Foundation. His task there was developing programs to help the local community; one that he started, in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton and the New York University Stern School of Business, provided free consulting to small businesses."
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Prof. Lawrence White on small business loans

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Excerpt from Crain's New York Business -- "For Lawrence White, the Robert Kavesh professor of economics at NYU's Stern School of Business, the central issue is the state of the economy, which he sees strengthening over the next two years. And with that improvement, banks' willingness to lend to small business will also increase, both nationally and in New York City."
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Prof. Irving Schenkler on corporations taking sides in the same-sex marriage debate

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "'Asking companies to remain neutral is a realistic tactic. The fact that many companies aren't doing it is quite meaningful,' Schenkler continued. 'Corporations are rarely in the forefront of raising banners to change the world.'"
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Nobel Laureate Michael Spence on what his father taught him about money

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'My father was in the academic world and was also a partner in a merchant bank in Toronto,' [Spence] says. 'He was part academic, part practitioner. He had a very rigorous mind, made sure I learned math as a kid.'"
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Prof. Edward Altman says the euro's end game is Italy

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Excerpt from Barron's -- "Two years ago, Altman and Amsterdam-based professor Herbert Rijken hatched a model that makes a 'bottom-up' prediction of sovereign risk. Their 'Z-Score' model aggregates the average probability of default of listed nonfinancial and financial companies, whose health is central to that of the sovereign. Altman's model correctly predicted Europe's current hierarchy of risk: Spain and Portugal on the bottom, with Italy a bit higher."
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Prof. Jeffrey Simonoff's research shows a Tony win can lead to a 50% longer run

Excerpt from Variety -- "Simonoff and colleagues ... looked at Tony wins in what they considered "major categories" -- musical, tuner revival, play, play revival, director and lead actor and actress. Sure enough, they found that each Tony in one of those categories is associated with a 50% longer expected run, while a nom without the win was associated with a 30% longer expected lifespan."
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Prof. Nicholas Economides on the European credit crisis

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Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "Well I think that the European integration has to move quickly and create a guarantee for the deposits of depositors in any European country by the ECB and not by the national banks. Because people will lose credibility. The national banks have lost credibility."
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An op-ed by Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the state of the global economy

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Excerpt from Project-Syndicate -- "Compared to 2008-2009, when policymakers had ample space to act, monetary and fiscal authorities are running out of policy bullets (or, more cynically, policy rabbits to pull out of their hats). Monetary policy is constrained by the proximity to zero interest rates and repeated rounds of quantitative easing."
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Prof. Richard Sylla on the euro

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Excerpt from Fox Business -- "'A decade isn’t very long in human history,' said Richard Sylla, an economist and financial historian at NYU who said the euro can be classified as 'kind of a failure.'"
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Prof. Jeffrey Simonoff on his Broadway research and the movie "Rock of Ages"

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Excerpt from CNN -- "On Broadway, 'There's that suspension of disbelief that you go in with,' Simonoff added. 'You know it's on a stage. When you watch a movie, there's still some suspension of disbelief, but it feels more jarring when people suddenly burst into song.'"
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An op-ed by Prof. Nicholas Economides on what is at stake in the Greek election

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Assuming that rationality prevails on Sunday, a new Greek government—most likely a coalition government—will recommit to the euro and to Greece's existing debt agreements by the end of the month."
Press Releases

NYU Stern Introduces New Essay Question to the Full-time MBA Program Application

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NYU Stern is introducing a new Essay 2 to its full-time MBA application for Fall 2013 applicants, the first major change in the essays in six years. The question will assess an applicant’s fit with the Stern mission and mindset about creating value in an environment of increased ambiguity. The School believes these qualities are essential to lead in today’s global business environment.
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The new essay question on Stern's full-time MBA application is featured

Excerpt from The Economist -- "New York University’s Stern Business School is introducing a new essay question for MBA applicants. The school says it is intended to 'assess an applicant’s fit with the Stern mission and mindset about creating value in an environment of increased ambiguity.'"
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In an op-ed, NYU Stern faculty argue for policy integration and burden sharing in the euro zone

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "If EMU policymakers wish to preserve the euro, they will need a Hamiltonian solution, including both fiscal burden-sharing to halt the crisis and conditionality (or fiscal and financial rules) to prevent another crisis and avoid a persistent wealth transfer to peripheral EMU members."