Faculty News

Prof. Viral Acharya says banks regulators should be held accountable

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- “The regulators should be accountable, and they should at least face some risk of disrepute in case of mistakes and oversights in the process." Additional coverage appeared in another Bloomberg piece and Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Prof. Marcin Kacperczyk's research on credit ratings is cited

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal blog -- "Mr. Hong, along with economists Kingsley Fong, Marcin Kacperczyk and Jeffrey Kubik, looked to what happens to credit ratings when a company loses an analyst as a result of a brokerage merger."
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Prof. Thomas Philippon's research on the efficiency of the US finance industry is highlighted

Excerpt from HeraldNet.com -- "Philippon's research indicates that over the years our financial system has become less and less efficient."
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Prof. Viral Acharya is highlighted as a member of the Sebi International Advisory Board

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Excerpt from Business Standard -- "The IAB would comprise of seven members, including the Sebi Chairman UK Sinha. The six outside members include Viral Acharya from New York University's Stern School of Business ... " Additional coverage appeared in Asia Pulse.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini in a piece on Indonesia's credit rating

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Excerpt from Financial Times blog -- "In a move that will get Nouriel Roubini’s blessing, Fitch Ratings has upgraded Indonesia’s long-term, foreign and local, currency issuer default ratings to investment grade (to ‘BBB-’ from ‘BB+’)."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence & Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh on the crisis in Europe

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "The downgrades reflect 'balance sheet damage' emanating from the increased riskiness of European sovereign debt, but they would not result in any major economic repercussions, said Michael Spence."
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Prof. Roy Smith on creating eurobonds

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Excerpt from Financial News -- "Financial News commentator Roy Smith first suggested the creation of eurobonds to refinance regional debt burdens a year ago."
Press Releases

NYU Stern’s Citi Leadership & Ethics Program Appoints Jeffrey Hollender as 9th Distinguished Fellow

Marking its ninth year, NYU Stern’s Citi Leadership & Ethics Program appointed Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation, one of the country’s leading providers of natural products, as its 2011-2012 Distinguished Citi Fellow in Leadership and Ethics.
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Seven points from Prof. Thomas Sargent's Nobel Prize banquet speech are featured

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Excerpt from Livemint -- "When a government spends, its citizens eventually pay, either today or tomorrow, either through explicit taxes or implicit ones like inflation and defaults on debts."
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In an op-ed, Prof. Nouriel Roubini shares his outlook for the global economy in 2012

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Excerpt from Project-Syndicate -- "The outlook for the global economy in 2012 is clear, but it isn’t pretty: recession in Europe, anemic growth at best in the United States, and a sharp slowdown in China and in most emerging-market economies." Additional coverage appeared in The Wall Street Journal blog, Gulf News, Alarabiya and Slate.
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Prof. Joseph Foudy on Chinese growth

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Excerpt from Xinhua -- "I think it's perfectly natural that Chinese growth is going to slow down. The more successful and developed a country becomes, the growth rate generally starts slowing down. We expect that to be a natural trend. That's a sign of success by the way, not of problems."
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A paper by Prof. Yakov Amihud on asset pricing is cited

Excerpt from Insurance News Net -- "The extent and timing of an issuer's access to capital markets depends on both demand and supply side factors. On the demand side are the number, wealth, intelligence, liquidity-and risk-appetites, and confidence of investors, which affects market liquidity, as well as the attractiveness of opportunities to spend or invest their money elsewhere."
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Prof. Lawrence Lenihan is cited as the founder of FirstMark Capital

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Excerpt from New York Post -- "FirstMark Capital, founded by managing director Lawrence Lenihan, announced the fundraising on its Web site yesterday."
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An op-ed by Prof. Amity Shlaes on Paul Krugman's claim of a worldwide depression

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "So it’s official. The New York Times, or at least columnist Paul Krugman, has declared us to be in a worldwide depression. And just in time for Christmas." Additional coverage appeared in San Francisco Chronicle, The Jakarta Globe, DelawareOnline.com and Press Democrat.
School News

Profs Thomas Cooley, Richard Sylla & Lawrence White discuss the crisis facing the euro zone

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Excerpt from Xinhua -- "The economists emphasize that the European Central Bank needs to play a more aggressive role in the capitalization of EU banks."
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NYU Stern is cited as a highly competitive MBA program

Excerpt from PR.com -- "For someone interested in highly competitive, quantitative-focused MBA and MPA programs such as UT Austin McCombs, Wharton, Chicago Booth, NYU Stern, Stanford, Columbia, MIT Sloan, and Michigan Ross, comprehensive GMAT preparation courses may not provide the requisite focus."
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Assistant Dean Pamela Mittman and MBA students Holly Bolgar and Benjamin Loveland are interviewed

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "We have seen a growing interest on campus -- an interest on the company side and on the student side in the luxury & retail sector, media & entertainment, social enterprise to some extent as well as entrepreneurial tech start-ups."
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An op-ed by NYU Trustee & Member of the Board of Overseers John Paulson (BS '78)

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "The European banking sector also remains under pressure in large part owing to its exposure to European sovereign credit. A firewall is needed now to stabilise the markets, bring yields down, allow for sovereign refinancings, reduce stress in the banking sector and provide protection against likely future credit events."
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Prof. Viral Acharya on EU ring-fencing requirements

Excerpt from GFS News -- "Viral Acharya, an economics professor at New York University, says ring-fencing requirements are not the priority tool for preventing another financial crisis and should be looked at as part of a group of rules."
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Prof. Eric Greenleaf predicts severe overcrowding in downtown Manhattan schools

Excerpt from Downtown Express -- "'We need to absolutely make sure that the Peck incubator will fit in Tweed for all three years,' echoed Eric Greenleaf, a business professor at New York University whose student enrollment projections indicate severe overcrowding in Downtown schools in the years to come."
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A letter-to-the-editor by Prof. David Backus on Nobel Laureate Prof. Thomas Sargent

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "It is a shame that Prof Kay’s macroeconomic education stopped in the 1970s. He might find more recent work to his liking, including Prof Sargent’s work (with Lars Hansen) on behaviour when you are not sure how the world works."
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An op-ed by Prof. Evan Shapiro on the future of television

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "In fact, American TV is stronger now than ever, with no signs of slowing down. Rather than destroying television, these 'disruptive' technologies have created something new called 'TV,' which is more potent, more vital and more important than at any point since the first black and white broadcasts." Additional coverage appeared in Popbytes.com.
Business and Policy Leader Events

Google’s Eric Schmidt Discusses Today’s Technology Race with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo

More than 400 students, faculty and administrators from across NYU gathered to hear Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, Inc., interviewed by NYU Trustee and alumna Maria Bartiromo (WSC ’89), anchor at CNBC, in NYU Stern’s Paulson Auditorium.
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An interview with Prof. Nicholas Economides on the euro falling

Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "It's inspired by Germany, it's a way to go forward with much more discipline. I'm afraid though that the way it was set up, it was almost blackmail fashion. You have to accept it, or if you don't accept it the financial markets are going to eat you alive."
School News

Vice Chair of NYU Trustees & Vice Chair of the Board of Overseers Kenneth Langone on Home Depot

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Discussing why Home Depot is still in a good position despite the drop in contractor business, with Kenneth Langone, Invemed Associates/Home Depot co-founder." Additional coverage appeared in Capital.gr.