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Prof. Priya Raghubir's research finds people spend more when carrying cash in smaller denominations

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Excerpt from TIME blog -- "Raghubir and Srivastava’s results—what they’ve described in previous research as the 'denomination effect'—are consistent with an idea we’ve discussed several times: mental accounting. Small bills tend to get assigned to something like a mental petty cash account, and so we’re willing to spend them on petty things." Additional coverage appeared in Business Insider.
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Prof. Lawrence White on the state of the US economy

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Excerpt from CNC World -- "I think there is some substance to the idea that the United States economy is starting to recover. Unemployment has been dropping for the last few months. The housing market may be stabilizing."
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Profs Nouriel Roubini and Lawrence White's views on government stimuli are highlighted

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Excerpt from Metro New York -- " ... Nouriel Roubini and Lawrence White at NYU do not believe 'government needs to provide more stimulus to create jobs and prosperity' as you assert as 'reality.' In fact, they believe the opposite ... "
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An op-ed by Prof. Amity Shlaes on Newt Gingrich

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "From Social Security to Iranian nuclear power, Gingrich articulates better than any other candidate what’s wrong with U.S. policy and how to change it." Additional coverage appeared in San Francisco Chronicle.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini predicts China's economy will slow in 2012

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "China’s economy will slow in 2012, prompting policy makers to reduce interest rates and ease lending restrictions, Nouriel Roubini, an economist who predicted the 2008 financial crisis, said last week."
Research Center Events

Practitioners and Academics Convene for 2012 “Measurable Marketing in a Social World” Conference

Leading academics and marketing professionals from around the world convened for NYU Stern’s Center for Measurable Marketing conference. Attendees explored the latest research on social media metrics, social media’s impact and the integration of social media into the marketing mix.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini is featured at the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos

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Excerpt from Associated Press -- "Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University speaks during a panel session on the first day of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland." Additional coverage appeared in Financial Times blog, CNN blog, Business Insider, and The New York Times Dealbook blog.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on President Obama's State of the Union address

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "Having 15 percent tax on carried interest, or capital gains or dividends, is something that is creating a wedge in the country, so that's an issue that has to be addressed. So politically it's going to help Obama this year."
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In an interview, Prof. Nouriel Roubini predicts the economic winners of 2012

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Excerpt from Foreign Policy -- "I felt quite positive about Indonesia when I visited there recently, and I am going to go soon again. Another rising power outside of the BRICS is Turkey. It is rising economically and flexing its diplomatic muscle throughout the Middle East."
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Prof. Eric Greenleaf on NYC's Department of Education rezoning proposal

Excerpt from Downtown Express -- “A lot of the people who were going to pre-k at P.S. 89 that were put into the 276 [due to the rezoning] preferred going to 276 because it was closer to where they lived."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on investing in emerging markets, Europe and the US

Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer of WPP Plc, Paul Walsh, CEO of Diageo Plc, and Michael Spence, a 2001 Nobel Prize winner, talk about investing in emerging markets and Western Europe, and the outlook for the US and European economies in 2012."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence's research on US job creation is cited

Excerpt from BigGovernment.com -- "Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence and co-author Sandile Hlatshwayo estimate that from 1990 to 2008 all net job creation has been in the 'non-tradable sector,' chief among them health care and government jobs."Excerpt from BigGovernment.com -- "Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence and co-author Sandile Hlatshwayo estimate that from 1990 to 2008 all net job creation has been in the 'non-tradable sector,' chief among them health care and government jobs."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on republican candidate Mitt Romney's economic plan

Excerpt from This is Money -- "Nobody knows how well we’re going to respond both on the public and private-sector side and restore competitiveness. Does his set of policies do it? My answer would be no."
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Prof. Kim Schoenholtz on the benefits of a more transparent Fed

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "It can help households and businesses make decisions and make fewer decisions that are costly. [Americans] won't be buying houses they can't afford, or businesses won't be hiring workers they have to fire later."
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Prof. Lawrence White on Attorney General Eric Schneiderman co-chairing a new mortgage crisis unit

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Excerpt from NY1 -- "There have been some dissents to a tentative settlement that's been announced. Mr. Schneiderman was one of the dissenters. This may be an effort to try to bring him back into the fold, see if there can be a settlement."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Engle on Europe's banking sector

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Excerpt from Reuters India -- "Our number is closer to a trillion dollars for European banks and that is as of last week. This is what they would need to withstand a financial crisis kind of like the last one."
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The NYU Stern Volatility Institute's Systemic Risk Rankings are referenced

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "In fact, an ongoing study by the Volatility Institute at New York University's Stern School of Business confirms the danger posed by the bank. Of all U.S. financial institutions, Bank of America contributes the most to systemic risk."
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Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh on private loan verification firms

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Excerpt from Forbes -- “If investors are going to rely on these firms the way they rely on credit agencies, we’re in for the same outcome."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini says inequalities are an effect of the financial crisis

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Excerpt from CNBC -- “There’s an important connection between social unrest and economic trouble, which we are seeing now. There are major inequalities coming from the effects of the financial crisis.” Additional coverage appeared in CNN blog.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the European economy

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Europe needs 'massive monetary easing' to end the debt crisis, says economist Nouriel Roubini." Additional coverage appeared in The Guardian and Bloomberg.
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Prof. Richard Sylla offers his predictions for muni yields

Excerpt from Bond Buyer -- “The economy is still pretty sluggish and the Fed has promised to keep its target fed funds rate close to zero into 2013, if not longer. And the Obama administration seems to want to raise marginal tax rates on 'the rich,’ however defined; that by itself would make munis more appealing to investors.”
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An op-ed by Prof. Michelle Greenwald on the success of single-minded businesses

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Excerpt from INC Magazine -- " ... specializing in a single product is hardly a new idea: Dunkin' Donuts has been around since 1950, Baskin & Robbins since 1945, pizza shops it seems like forever, and the current cupcake craze is endemic worldwide."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on Italy's economy

Excerpt from ANSA -- "I think that Italy has a good chance of completing the reforms by the new government (Italian to English translation)."
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A paper by Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh on international capital flows and house prices is cited

Excerpt from The Economist blog -- "THIS week's interesting economics research: ... International capital flows and house prices (Jack Favilukis, David Kohn, Sydney C. Ludvigson, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh)."
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Q&A with Prof. Baruch Lev on his book, "Winning Investors Over"

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Excerpt from Harvard Business Review blog -- "A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. You should not spend excessive time on investors but they need attention and guidance."