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Professor Jennifer Carpenter examines President Trump's remarks at the G7 summit regarding the US and Chinese economies

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "The market capitalization for both the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges totaled $8 trillion in November 2017, and declined to about $7.5 trillion in July 2019, according to Jennifer Carpenter, a professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business who studies Chinese markets."
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Professors Samuel Craig and Alvin Lieberman provide commentary on the launch of new platforms in the saturated streaming market

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Excerpt from Kanka News -- (Translated from Chinese using Google Translate) "New York University Business School professor Alvin Lieberman said, 'Netflix relies mainly on getting quality content from others, and now we can see that Disney is expected to surpass Netflix, because Disney owns the companies that create content.'...Samuel Craig, another professor at New York University's business school, pointed out that Disney's long-term success is highly probable, but it still requires a lot of capital investment in the early stage, and it will cost a lot of time. 'This is a war of burning money, especially at the beginning. Disney will lose a lot of time at the beginning, because there will be a lot of upfront investment. The accumulation of consumers will be relatively slow, and users will not start to flock.'"
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The DHL Global Connectedness Index, research by Professor Pankaj Ghemawat, Senior Research Scholar Steven Altman and Associate Research Scholar Phillip Bastian, is cited

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Excerpt from The Sun Daily -- "According to the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2019 report, the country ranked 15th among 190 economies worldwide and it had maintained a strong position in the DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI), ranking second in Southeast Asia and 12th out of 169 countries for trade connectivity."
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Professor Alixandra Barasch is interviewed about her research on the effects of photo taking on experiences and memory

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Excerpt from The Telegraph -- "'Photo taking enhancing visual details but takes away from auditory details: people will remember what they saw, but fewer details about the facts they learned, or what the tour guide said,' she says."
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Professor Joshua Ronen analyzes General Electric's accounting of its petroleum holdings

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Excerpt from The Economist -- "Joshua Ronen, an accounting professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, has reviewed GE’s official filings about its holdings in Baker Hughes and found them 'confusing'."
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In an in-depth interview, Professor Paul Romer shares his outlook on taxing targeted ad revenue and the importance of investing in human capital

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Excerpt from O Globo -- (translated from Portuguese using Google Translate) "Studying the impact of knowledge on growth, American Paul Romer - one of the 2018 Nobel Prize winners of economics - sees social skills as one of the trump cards of the future job market. But the New York University professor thinks these skills are neglected by schools and businesses, and may be undermined by children's exposure to digital-mediated interactions. For him, investing in human capital is the way to reduce inequality."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan explains the impact of Facebook's internal bias report and a European regulator probe into Libra on the company

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Excerpt from Fox Business -- "'I think we've passed the tipping point of negative publicity on Facebook,' said Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'Users are likely getting immune to new reports relating to privacy or bias, so it is possible that Facebook is over the most challenging phase on this front. As the antitrust cases against Facebook pick up steam, they are likely to become the primary investor focus.'"
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Professor Jonathan Haidt's research on workplace leadership is referenced

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Excerpt from Harvard Business Review France -- (translated from French using Google Translate) "Jonathan Haidt of the Stern School of Business at New York University also showed that when their leaders show the spirit of sacrifice, employees are touched and feel inspired. As a result, they are more loyal, involved and willing to make efforts to help and be friendly with their colleagues."
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Professor Joshua Ronen comments on GE's statements regarding its investment in Baker Hughes

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "The Markopolos group’s critique was based on GE’s prior statements on the matter in securities filings, which were 'confusing,' said Joshua Ronen, an accounting professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business who reviewed the filings."
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Professor David Yermack's joint research on cryptocurrency's impact on monetary policy is featured

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Excerpt from Coin Telegraph -- "The existence of private decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) has a healthy impact on governments’ fiscal and regulatory policy, a new analysis contends. The argument was put forth in a paper published on Aug. 16 by Max Raskin (NYU School of Law), Fahad Saleh (McGill University) and David Yermack (NYU Stern), entitled 'How Do Private Digital Currencies Affect Government Policy?'"
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Professor Thomas Philippon's joint research on the impact of globalization on wages is referenced

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Excerpt from Welt -- (translated from German using Google Translate) "In a recently published study, they correct the data series for three possible confounding factors - and come to twelve countries, including the US, France and Germany to a clear conclusion: 'We find no general decline in the wage share in our sample of highly developed economies.'"
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Professor Paul Hardart offers insights on celebrity shout-out startup Cameo's business model and prospects for growth

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Excerpt from Fast Company -- "'The great thing about this compared to having a startup where you’ve got to build an audience and sell eyeballs is, this is a transaction,' says Paul Hardart, director of the entertainment, media, and technology program at New York University Stern School of Business. 'There is a real business model.'"
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Professor Matthew Lee's joint research on gender bias and entrepreneurship is cited

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "In their study of female entrepreneurs, the social scientists Matthew Lee and Laura Huang found that venture capitalists were more likely to fund companies led by women if those companies were presented as having a social impact. This provides a 'cover' that helps women overcome the perceived mismatch between the stereotypes of the good, community-focused woman and the hard-driving entrepreneur."
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In an in-depth Q&A interview, Professor Tensie Whelan highlights the value of sustainability practices for businesses

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Excerpt from Barron's -- "ESG [environmental, social, and governance factors] is becoming part of investors’ understanding of risks and opportunities for business, and the regular way in which they analyze companies. That continues regardless of what’s happening in the markets. Something like 50% of growth in the CPG [consumer packaged goods] sector comes from sustainability marketed products. This is not a short-term thing; it’s an ongoing shift in consumer behavior, business behavior, investor behavior."
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In a live interview, Professor Charles Schreger offers insights on television networks' legal battle with Locast to halt free streaming

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Locast is a wonderful solution. It works. But it is a threat... let's talk about the timing. CBS was negotiating its re-transmission fees... Guess when it was solved. The opening day of the NFL is September 5th. And if you're watching CBS and you sat down in front of your television at 1 o'clock on September 8th and you're in Baltimore and the Ravens don't come on, that's a problem."
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In a radio interview, Professor Arun Sundararajan offers insights on how the sharing economy is changing how we live and work

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Excerpt from CBC -- "A lot of different people have different conceptions of what this term [i.e. the sharing economy] means. I define it pretty broadly. I define it as any new way of organizing economic activity that uses a digital platform to tap into the time and assets of a distributed group of people. So Airbnb, for example, offers an alternative to traditional hotels, not by building hotels, but by connecting to millions of people who are willing to host a guest for a few days, either in a spare bedroom or by handing over their apartment to them for a few days."
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In an interview, Professor Jonathan Haidt shares his views on free speech on college campuses, from his book, "The Coddling of the American Mind"

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Excerpt from NBC News -- "It's not everywhere. It's not a national crisis. But it is a severe problem at many of our most important schools. Students routinely say they're afraid to speak up. And if you keep your eye on the self-censorship, rather than the shout-downs, then I think it is a crisis."
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In a radio interview, Professor Lawrence White discusses President Trump's decision to delay tariffs on some Chinese goods until December

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Excerpt from Knowledge@Wharton -- "Up till now, it's been easier to fuzz it up and—with tariffs on steel and aluminum, you know, economists, other trade-oriented people, understand that's going to basically work it through to... final prices. But now we've got the tariffs on the final goods themselves. Mr. Trump is trying to play both sides of the street by saying he still doesn't think that... he still believes that China is paying, but just in case, and so he's playing both sides of the street."
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Professor Lawrence White is quoted in a feature article on Goldman Sachs entering into the subprime lending market with the Apple Card

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Excerpt from CNN -- "The new card is unlikely to 'make a big dent in Goldman's financial position or even its public image,' said Lawrence J. White, economics professor at New York University Stern School of Business. 'There would have to be a lot of defaulting on the debt before this can become a big problem for Goldman and it doesn't appear that that's where they are going.'"
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Professor Justin Kruger's joint research on self-perception, the Dunning-Kruger effect, is spotlighted

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Excerpt from Reader's Digest -- "Bad drivers think they’re good drivers. Awful cooks think they can host Thanksgiving dinner. A bad manager thinks he’s a leader, oblivious to his poor managerial skills. A tone-deaf singer thinks she’s as talented as a Grammy winner. This is Dunning-Kruger in action."
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Professor Adam Alter shares tips on how to reduce online spending

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Excerpt from The Cut -- "'Anything you can do to minimize the amount of self-control you need to exert is a good thing,' Alter says. 'If you can make hard and fast rules that guide your purchasing behavior, but also license you to do it occasionally, you may have an easier time keeping it under control.'"
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Professor Alixandra Barasch shares insights on how taking photos with the intention to share impacts experiences, based on her research

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Excerpt from Thrive Global -- "The study adds that intent to share a photo can sometimes trigger anxiety at the moment the photo is taken, even if that’s long before the photo is shared. 'Any time you’re trying to manage your impression, you’re going to get in between yourself and the experience,' explained behavioral scientist Alixandra Barasch, one of the authors of the study."
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Professor Kenneth Bigel is quoted in an article on Jeffrey Epstein's ties to philanthropist Leslie Wexner

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Excerpt from Inside Philanthropy -- "The ethical problems at issue in the Wexner-Epstein relationship 'are greed, deception, overpromising, and the exploitation of people’s hopes,' Bigel said. 'Ethics is not a matter of logic, it’s a matter of emotion. Decisions we make, especially regarding the purse and love, are emotional. Wexner must have been caught up emotionally with this guy, must have talked about how they would help each other. Money is seductive.'"
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Professor Robert Engle's work on financial volatility is featured

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Forecasting asset returns in the financial markets is notoriously difficult, but, oddly enough, volatility is more predictable: both ARCH and GARCH models show that shocks to volatility are persistent and exhibit long half-lives. Such shocks can be extracted from volatility estimators and, with this in mind, Professor Engle has developed a new Geopolitical Volatility Factor (GPVF). The GPVF is based on the standardized residuals from a factor model with GARCH-style residuals. He then tested the model by applying estimation algorithms to nine U.S. sector ETFs and 45 MSCI country ETFs and studying the results through Monte Carlo simulations."
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In a contributed article, Professor Robert Seamans and PhD candidate Manav Raj share insights from their research on AI's impact on various occupations

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Overall, our findings suggest that the effects of AI on labor are not uniform across occupations, and that access to complementary skills and technologies may play an important role in determining the impact of AI on occupations."

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