Faculty News

Prof. David Yermack on Citigroup's stress test results

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Excerpt from Fox Business -- "['Citigroup has] come a long way from where they were in 2008. I don’t see this as necessarily a smack down of them. It’s a mixed bag of news,' said David Yermack, a finance professor at the NYU School of Business."
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An op-ed by Prof. Kim Schoenholtz on the European Banking Authority's abiltity to pass stress tests

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "When the EBA gets a fourth turn at bat this year, the authority can -- and should -- make use of a growing body of knowledge and experience regarding stress tests. And supportive actions by the European Central Bank and the fiscal authorities may raise the chances of success."
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NYU Stern is cited for a Ross Roundtable on trends in financial enforcement & securities litigation

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Excerpt from Reuters blog -- "Canellos was speaking as part of a panel last week on trends in financial enforcement and securities litigation after Dodd-Frank. The panel was organized by NYU Stern Business School and NERA Economic Consulting."
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An op-ed by Nobel Laureate & Prof. Robert Engle & Profs Viral Acharya & Matthew Richardson

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Excerpt from VoxEU -- "Systemic risk should not be described in terms of a financial firm’s failure per se but in the context of a firm’s overall contribution to system-wide failure. The intuition is straightforward. When only an individual financial firm’s capital is low, the firm can no longer financially intermediate."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Thomas Sargent is highlighted for urging Obama to back EU carbon limits

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "Rather than opposing the EU, we urge your administration to support their efforts to price carbon in the context of the ICAO."
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Prof. Yakov Amihud on how an EU financial-transactions tax will affect the Swiss market

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Excerpt from MarketWatch -- "'I can see a situation where the center of trading a Swiss stock will migrate in time to another market,' Amihud added. London, for example, could be a more suitable trading platform for Swiss stocks because of its time zone compared with New York."
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Prof. Lawrence White on the outlook for Fed policy

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Excerpt from MSNBC -- "White said the Fed will probably let its 'Operation Twist' wind down later this year as planned, and is unlikely to announce any further actions to increase the money supply."
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Prof. Panos Ipeirotis on how crowdfunding can help entrepreneurs

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "[Crowdfunding] provides entrepreneurs with 'market validation' ahead of a launch, he says. 'You know there is demand, you are combining market research with raising funds.'"
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Prof. Richard Sylla's book, "A History of Interest Rates," is cited

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "In their well-documented book, 'A History of Interest Rates,' Sidney Homer & Richard Sylla trace the evolution of credit and the influence of the religious communities almost every step of the way in the process."
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Prof. Rosa Abrantes-Metz on the consequences of tampering with LIBOR

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Excerpt from CNN Money -- "'If you move it even a little bit, it can cause massive redistribution of resources because it's so extensively used,' said Rosa Abrantes-Metz, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business and a former economist with the Federal Trade Commission."
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Prof. Paul Romer says financial crises are inevitable

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'Every decade or so,' said Paul Romer ... 'any finite system of financial regulation will lead to systemic financial crisis.'"
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An op-ed by Research Scholar Robert Frank cited Prof. William Baumol's Cost Disease

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Some of that [higher education tuition] growth has resulted from a phenomenon called Baumol’s disease, after the economist William J. Baumol, who described it in a 1965 article he wrote with William G. Bowen. The basic idea is that while productivity gains have made it possible to assemble cars with only a tiny fraction of the labor that was once required, it still takes four musicians nine minutes to perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, just as it did in the 19th century."
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Prof. Aswath Damodaran on risks facing Apple if they decide to issue regular dividends

Excerpt from The Economist -- "'Apple needs to watch out for dividend addicts,' says Aswath Damodaran, a finance professor at New York University who owns Apple stock. Such shareholders, he adds, will be obsessed with extracting as much cash as possible from Apple rather than with its mission of making mind-blowing products."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini sees Portugal as the weakest euro zone country

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "There are several euro-zone countries in trouble, including Italy and Spain, but Roubini sees Portugal as the weakest."
Business and Policy Leader Events

Professor Baruch Lev Discusses New Book, "Wining Investors Over," with Gene Epstein of Barron’s

Professor Baruch Lev, author of "Winning Investors Over: Surprising Truths About Honesty, Earnings Guidance and Other Ways to Boost Your Stock Price" (HBR, November 2011), sat down with Gene Epstein, economic and book review editor at Barron’s, for a discussion about his research.
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Prof. Thomas Cooley on the outlook for US jobs

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "'There’s kind of continued steady improvement in the employment situation,' said Tom Cooley, economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. But, he added, 'It’s not anything like what we would like to see.'"
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the US economic recovery

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "U.S. economic data are looking 'mixed' and the economic recovery is "anemic," economist Nouriel Roubini said Friday."
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Prof. Lawrence White on how the Fed will treat interest rates through 2013

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Excerpt from CNN Money -- "'The overall economy is still relatively weak,' said Larry White, professor of economics at the NYU Stern School of Business. 'We are clearly in a better position than we were two or three years ago, but the Fed will probably be steady as she goes well into 2013.'"
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Prof. Paul Romer is featured for his plan to develop charter cities

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Excerpt from China Daily -- "'What we are about to go through is this incredible acceleration of the pace of urbanization in the developing world,' Romer remarked."
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An op-ed by Prof. Yakov Amihud on European bank bailouts

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Excerpt from Financial Times Germany -- "The argument that a collapse of the banking system must be prevented, is basically correct: without a functioning banking system is not functioning economy. But here is worth looking into detail. It is crucial not to confuse the rescue of banks to bail out their shareholders and bondholders (Translated from German)."
Student Club Events

2nd Annual NYU Stern Strategy Forum

On February 9, 2012, the Strategy & Operations Club (SOC) and Management Consulting Association (MCA) co-hosted the 2nd Annual NYU Stern Strategy Forum. This year’s theme, "Emerging from the Great Recession," focused on leaders who have made significant strides by moving businesses abroad and who understand the impact this has on the future.
Press Releases

SUBWAY® Restaurants Partners with NYU’s ProMotion Pictures Program for Branded Web Series Contest

The NYU ProMotion Pictures program facilitates interdisciplinary media projects among students within the Stern School of Business, as well as the Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Graduate Film Program, both in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts. The SUBWAY® brand challenged students to develop a scripted episodic web series based on a brand brief entitled, Every Breakfast Sandwich Tells A Story.
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An op-ed by Prof. Nouriel Roubini on Greece's debt restructuring

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "The reality is that most of the gains in good times – and until the PSI – were privatised while most of the losses have been now socialised. Taxpayers of Greece’s official creditors, not private bondholders, will end up paying for most of the losses deriving from Greece’s past, current and future insolvency."
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Prof. Scott Galloway on L2's recent Digital IQ ranking of luxury jewelery and watch brands

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "From a distribution perspective, watch and jewelery brands have traditionally sold through third-party retailers that not only manage inventory but also the relationship with the end consumer. The shift to digital requires both a shift in operations to facilitate a direct-to-consumer selling channel and a much larger strategy for managing these relationships"
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Prof. Sam Craig on “Subway Fresh Artists Filmmakers” being expanded to NYU ProMotion Pictures

Excerpt from Variety -- "'Today's content industry depends upon creative, business and technological excellence, and the opportunity for our students to combine forces has been truly inspiring for them and our faculty alike,' said Sam Craig, director of the entertainment, media and technology program at NYU's Stern School of Business."