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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on having a portfolio of employment opportunities

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- “It is fine to have low-skilled jobs as part of the mix or portfolio of employment opportunities. ... It is better than no jobs. But the mix is important too." Additional coverage appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Prof. Thomas Cooley on Greek debt

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Excerpt from CNC World -- "A lot of hedge funds bought Greek debt that's maturing in March, in the hope that they bought it at deep discounts, in the hope that it would be paid out something close to par and that they would make a quick killing."
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Prof. Eric Greenleaf on identifying suitable sites for new elementary schools in lower Manhattan

Excerpt from Downtown Express -- “We need to be thinking about the long term. Once you’ve sold off a building it’s gone and it’s so hard to find a good building site Downtown for a school.”
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An essay by Prof. Paul Romer on the rules that govern the financial system is referenced

Excerpt from Slate -- "I'm a big fan of Paul Romer's essay that draws a different kind of contrast between the way the FAA regulates aviation safety and the way OSHA regulates workplace safety and the implications for financial regulation."
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Prof. Gino Cattani is highlighted as a new member of the Foundation Cassa di Lucca

Excerpt from La Nazione -- "The assembly also elected four new members: Professor Gino Cattani, an associate professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University ... (Italian to English translation)."
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Prof. Amity Shlaes comments on Obama's plan to use tax breaks to bring companies back to the US

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Excerpt from Marketplace Radio -- "Obama wants to reward companies that create jobs here in the United States. One of the carrots is a tax credit for companies that move operations back here. Another would double tax breaks for high-tech factories making products here."
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Prof. Edward Altman will present his credit research at PRMIA New York's meeting on February 21

Excerpt from PRMIA.org -- "Edward I. Altman, Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University will present his annual credit research on defaults and market conditions."
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Prof. Bryan Bollinger's research on the peer effects in the spread of solar panels is highlighted

Excerpt from Energy Priorities Magazine -- “'Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels' is a report co-authored by Bryan Bollinger, NYU Stern School of Business, and Kenneth Gillingham, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The ten years of collected and analyzed data strongly suggest there is a causal peer effect."
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Prof. Van Nieuwerburgh will speak at the Stanford European and Global Economic Crisis Series

Excerpt from Stanford Events -- "Professor Van Nieuwerburgh's research lies in the intersection of macroeconomics, asset pricing, and housing. One strand of his work studies how financial market liberalization in the mortgage market relaxed households' down payment constraints, and how that affected the macro-economy, and the prices of stocks and bonds."
School News

NYU Stern will host a panel on how game-design principles are used to promote sustainability on 2/21

Excerpt from School of Visual Arts -- " ... game-like experiences are helping people to eat healthier, consume less energy, recycle more, be more engaged in school, and even innovate solutions to disease and poverty."
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Prof. Stephen Figlewski on companies writing put options on their own stock

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Excerpt from Global Finance Magazine -- "The issue of whether to let corporate end users off the hook is still pending. Until it’s settled, they can’t plan ahead."
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Prof. Deepak Hegde's research on the US Patent and Trademark Office is featured

Excerpt from Nature Biotechnology -- "The article investigates concerns that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is taking too long to examine patents and is granting patents of low quality."
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Graduation 2012

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, NYU's All-University Commencement Exercises will be held at Yankee Stadium. On Thursday, May 17, 2012, NYU Stern's Undergraduate Baccalaureate Ceremony and NYU Stern's Graduate Convocation Ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall.
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A presentation by Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on the global economy is featured

Excerpt from IMD.org -- "Dr. Spence focused on the challenges posed by big structural shifts in the world economy, which he said could triple in size in the next 20 years, from about $60trn to $180-200trn."
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Prof. Roy Smith on merging the US and German stock exchanges

Excerpt from Deutschlandfunk -- "If you look at only the European market, then the proportion would be 95 percent, and that would be highly monopolistic. When in Chicago, New York, the stock exchanges in Japan and China to take, then shrinks the market share together for ten to 15 percent (German to English translation)."
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Member of the Executive Board and Prof. Richard Bernstein on hedge funds

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- “Traditional asset allocation has provided diversification, superior returns, liquidity and cheaper fees. Alternatives have under-performed, are highly correlated to other asset classes, hinder liquidity, and charge high fees. This seems to be a comparison of a superior, less expensive product to an inferior, more expensive product.”
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Profs Bruce Buchanan & Batia Wiesenfeld are cited for building Stern's Business and Society Program

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "I was lucky to work with colleagues Bruce Buchanan, Sally Blount and Batia Wiesenfeld who fought for, designed and taught courses like “Business and its Publics” and to have built a robust Business and Society Program."
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An op-ed by Prof. Christopher Michaelson on the apparent irony this year at Davos

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "As politically and economically motivated uprisings sprouted around the world this past year, these problems also coexisted at Davos, one seeking to help solve the other while at the same time being blamed for being its primary cause."
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Prof. Jonathan Haidt is featured for his work on moral thinking

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "How much of moral thinking is innate? Haidt sees morality as a 'social construction' that varies by time and place. We all live in a 'web of shared meanings and values' that become our moral matrix, he writes, and these matrices form what Haidt, quoting the science-fiction writer William Gibson, likens to 'a consensual hallucination.'"
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An op-ed by Prof. Evan Shapiro on the amateur talent shows on American TV

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "If we genuinely long for a place for amateur performers to shine, if we sincerely want TV shows to help us find our next crop of young talent, then we MUST do some pruning." Additional coverage appeared in Popbytes.com.
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Prof. Hal Hershfield's research on retirement savings is featured

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal blog -- "One reason we don’t save enough for retirement, [Hersfield and co-authors] suggest, is that we think of the person who will be withdrawing from our IRA not as ourselves, just at a different spot on the timeline, but as separate people entirely."
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Prof. Arun Sundararajan on Twitter's new rules

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Excerpt from CBC -- "Technologies that are internet based always sort of stay one step ahead ... there's a simple way to get around [Twitter's new rules]."
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NYU Stern will host the Ultra Light Startups' Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown on Feb. 9

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Excerpt from Crain's New York Business -- "Ultra Light Startups invites you to its INVESTOR FEEDBACK FORUM AND PITCH SHOWDOWN. The seminar will help early-stage startups refine their investor pitch, provide advice on each business model and demonstrate how investors evaluate startup pitches."
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Prof. Edward Altman's Z-Score for determining a company's bankruptcy risk is highlighted

Excerpt from Stockopedia -- "High Bankruptcy Risk - the so called 'Altman Z-Score' is a scoring system developed by Prof. Edward Altman in the 1970s to highlight companies with a significant risk of financial distress."
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Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh on rent increases in Manhattan

Excerpt from Washington Square News -- "Stern professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh said this expected rent increase might affect the relationship between not only residents and landlords, but also employers and employees."