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Distinguished academics from around the world will convene to share their research in the rapidly evolving field of network economics at the 2016 NET Institute Conference, held in partnership with NYU Stern’s Center for Global Economy and Business.

Excerpt from Consumer Reports -- "'There’s just something painful about taking money out of your wallet,' says Priya Raghubir, professor of marketing at New York University. When you hand over cash or a check, you part with something of value. Yet after you swipe a credit or debit card, you put the same object back in your wallet. Paying feels less real, which encourages more spending."

Excerpt from BNN -- "Gold fixing was set through, up to a couple of years ago, by 5 banks who private discussed the prices of gold through an auction without any independent oversight by anybody. Not disclosing it to the public they were competitors. And so, this is a setting that is normally not allowed, this type of private information among competitors and they were trading at the same time. So they had the opportunity to know market movement ahead of time. And they also had the opportunity to set the prices themselves."

On December 8, NYU Stern hosted the second installment of the "In Conversation with Mervyn King" series featuring Michael Lewis, best-selling author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side and Flash Boys, on his new book The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds. 

Excerpt from Judicial Watch -- "Recent data, cited by David North of the Center for Immigration Studies here and here, suggests that about 56% of EB-5 funds—more than $10 billion—went to the city, mainly Manhattan. Mr. North drilled down into a study by two New York University scholars, Jeanne Calderon and Gary Friedland, who painstakingly compiled data from 52 large EB-5 projects nationwide."

Excerpt from Mashable -- "Services like Uber have strong local network effects, meaning that as they gain traction in New York, they become more valuable in New York. But gaining traction in New York doesn't do too much for consumers in San Francisco or consumers in Los Angeles. And we've also noticed that drivers are able to connect to multiple platforms pretty seamlessly. Most Uber drivers in New York drive for Lyft or drive for Juno, as well. Or drive for Via or drive for one of the many other platforms. So I think it's becoming clear that the economics as things stand today, largely urban areas, cars driven by human drivers, in that scenario, we're not certainly on our path to one dominant platform because of the natural underlying economics."

Excerpt from Yahoo -- "One of the first things [the CFDA Fashion Incubator Program participants] do is spend a semester working with an MBA student from NYU’s Stern School. That’s like having a McKinsey [consultant] working with you. So right away, they’re refining their business strategy and learning to be fiscally responsible, things that aren’t always front-of-mind for creatively focused people."

Excerpt from ABC News -- "Posner told ABC News he believes Bahrain and other countries are using misguided gestures, such as booking the Trump hotel ballroom, to try and build rapport with the next U.S. administration. 'I think a lot of governments around the world that depend on a strong relationship to the United States are trying to figure out in a Trump administration what is it going to take to curry favor?' Posner said."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'The shock we went through was the largest since the Great Depression, and it was worldwide,' NYU’s Schoenholtz said. 'The reality is even short-run forecasts became difficult.'"

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "We're now all focused on the banks and bailing them out. Surely, that's important. But one of the reasons the banks are in trouble is that Italy has, next to Greece, the poorest economic performance in Europe. The economy's barely growing since 2000."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Historically, stocks have been superior no matter how the bond market has performed. But a concurrent bond bull has aided stocks even more. For instance, during the secular bear market in bonds from 1946 through 1981, the S&P 500 generated a 10.7% annualized return. That turned a stock investment of $10,000 into about $352,000, or roughly 14 times as much as one in 10-year Treasury notes, based on data provided by New York University professor Aswath Damodaran."

NYU Stern's Graduate Finance Association (GFA), Private Equity Club and Investment Management and Research (SIMR) club will co-host a discussion with Professor Aswath Damodaran, Ramesh Ratan, President and CEO of Bell and Howell, and Matthew Levitties, Managing Director of Versa Capital. 

Excerpt from MEL -- "'It’s notoriously hard to identify for a laundry list of reasons,' says Michael North, an assistant professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'One is straightforward: Ageism is the most socially condoned form of derogating someone based on social category.'"

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'There is a lot of tension and a lot of resistance within organizations,' says Hila Lifshitz-Assaf at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, who studies how traditional R&D centers adapt to new practices."

On Tuesday, December 6, NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business welcomed Jerome L. Dodson, founder and president of Parnassus Investments for a talk entitled, “Market-Beating Performance.”

Excerpt from Crain's New York -- "'Rocketrip has come up with an innovative solution to the problem of corporate travel spending that is, for now, unique,' said Ari Ginsberg, professor of entrepreneurship and management at NYU's Stern School of Business. 'The key will be whether or not they can sustain their competitive advantage as others are drawn into the same space.'"

Excerpt from Fast Company -- "Beth Bechky, who teaches courses in managing high-performance teams at New York University’s Stern School of Business, told Fast Company in a previous interview that when someone’s role is elevated, it’s easy for the team to assume nothing has actually changed. She recommends that leaders in transition acknowledge the changes and clearly communicate how expectations may be shifting."

Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "The former Rainforest Alliance President and current Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at NYU Stern, Tensie Whelan, reminded the audience concerned with the potential impact of the new administration on climate initiatives, that, of the US latest GDP of close to US$ 18 trillion, US$ 15.6 trillion came from business in the US. Business is not waiting for the Federal Government to tell it what to do, and today less than ever."

Excerpt from The Guardian -- "A New York University study found that EB-5 investment was largely financing luxury developments, including a Chinese-style casino in Las Vegas, a Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverly Hills and the redevelopment of the Hudson rail yards in Manhattan."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "Multi-disciplinary designer teams, solve problems and find solutions often in collaboration with insightful individuals from outside the firm. Snøhetta’s staff includes architects, interior architects, landscape architects, and graphic designers, that work collaboratively. At times other perspectives are brought in, such as anthropologists, subject specialists and individuals working in different forms of the arts."

Excerpt from The New York Post -- "'This probably seals the deal for a rate hike by the Fed,' said New York University economics professor Joe Foudy. 'The election is over; the job market is solid, if unspectacular; and there really is no more reason to wait.'"

Excerpt from Fortune -- "In 2010, when Peter Blair Henry came to New York University’s Stern School of Business, a top institution famous for its close Wall Street ties, the Street itself was in a shambles. Henry’s goal: expand Stern’s focus beyond New York banking and toward the larger world of business. 'The world needs finance more than ever, but it needs the 21st-century version of finance,' Henry says."    

Excerpt from the China Financial Herald -- "'Volatility is the market's response to new information,' Engle said. The new information in the Chinese market in the 1990s was significant, so during that period the Chinese mainland stock market volatility was much greater than that of the United States or Hong Kong."

Excerpt from Worth -- "The Center helps companies implement sustainability measures by creating strategic goals and setting up internal accounting metrics to assess the financial impact of those decisions. ... Says Whelan, 'We need to focus on demonstrating the business case, financially, for integrating sustainability into corporate strategy.'"

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'Proving actual manipulation is a difficult task, which is why so very few such cases have been proven to date,' said Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz, an adjunct professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and an expert on market manipulation. 'It can be difficult to distinguish between someone who affects prices in a legitimate way simply because they are a large trader, versus someone who purposely moves prices away from market fundamentals while fooling the rest of the market.'"