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Prof. Paul Romer's research on accounting fraud is cited

Excerpt from Benzinga.com -- "Accounting control fraud, as criminologists, economists, and (competent) financial regulators recognize is a 'sure thing.' See George Akerlof and Paul Romer, 'Looting: the Economic Underworld of Bankruptcy for Profit' (1993)."
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Prof. Eric Greenleaf on Manhattan's school overcrowding

Excerpt from Downtown Express -- “If the D.O.E. refuses to acknowledge the need for more schools Downtown and doesn’t try to get those schools built, then the forecasts that say we need more schools will be wrong because people will move out.”
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Prof. Thomas Philippon's book on the practices of French companies is highlighted

Excerpt from The Economist -- "As Thomas Philippon, a French economist, pointed out in 'Le Capitalisme d’Héritiers,' a 2007 book, too many big French companies rely on educational and governmental elites rather than promoting internally according to performance on the job."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the fate of the euro zone

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "New York University's influential Nouriel Roubini argued that not only Greece but also Italy would have to leave—or be kicked out of—the euro zone." Additional coverage appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and CNBC.
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on rising inequalities

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Michael Spence, a Nobel Prize-winning economist who shares a concern about rising inequality, told me that we’ve seen 'an evolution from one propertied man, one vote; to one man, one vote; to one person, one vote; trending to one dollar, one vote.'"
Research Center Events

2011 Future of TV Conference Brings Together Industry Experts

The Future of Television Conference East, hosted by Digital Media Wire in partnership with NYU Stern and the Consumer Electronics Association, convened 300 industry experts and academics to discuss the latest trends and issues in today's television and technology industries.
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An interview with Prof. Robert Frank on his book, "The Darwin Economy"

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Excerpt from PBS NewsHour -- "A hundred years from now, if people poll professional economists, people like me, and ask, who's the founder of your discipline, most people are going to say Charles Darwin." Additional coverage appeared in The Guardian.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini is highlighted for his Wall Street predictions

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Mr. Roubini’s predictions have not gotten substantially more optimistic, as he sees a long period ahead wherein the U.S. must struggle to find a new viable economic growth model. Moreover, he sees a global economic future that more resembles a zero-sum game than a cooperative model."
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Prof. Paul Romer on investing in innovation

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "As Paul Romer proposed in his New Growth Theory, investing in innovation is a crucial endogenous factor - and therefore one firmly in the grasp of policymakers - that creates economic growth."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Engle on China's five-year growth plan

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Excerpt from China Daily -- "Robert Engle, winner of the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, said at a recent China innovation seminar that when China is planning for the future with wonderful five-year plans, Americans are merely planning for the next election."
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Prof. Kenneth Froewiss on the sheltered world of the trading floor

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Excerpt from Daily Mail -- "The world of investment bankers and especially the trading floor region is notoriously hermetically sealed."
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Prof. Jonathan Haidt on the Tea Party movement

Excerpt from National Review -- "To understand the anger of the tea-party movement, just imagine how you would feel if you learned that government physicists were building a particle accelerator that might, as a side effect of its experiments, nullify the law of gravity." Additional coverage appeared in The Atlantic Wire.
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Prof. Joseph Porac on the perceptions of elite CEOs

Excerpt from George Washington University Business School blog -- "As part of GWSB’s ongoing Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series, Joe Porac, the George Daly Professor in Business Leadership at NYU Stern School of Business, discusses how perceptions of elite CEOs change with increased recognition."
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Profs Anindya Ghose and Panos Ipeirotis develop new ranking algorithm for product search engines

Excerpt from Wireless News -- "There used to be a time when there was not enough information. Today, there is information overload on the Internet. However, by automatically mining the plethora of unstructured data on the web, we can harness the wisdom of the crowds to work to the consumer's advantage."  Additional coverage appeared in Health & Beauty Close-Up.
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Prof. Lawrence White discussed the financial future of Americans in a panel on 11/18

Excerpt from Economics Week -- "Joining Mr. Ferik in the panel discussion was Carol O'Rourke, a Certified Financial Planner(R) and executive director of the Coalition for Debtor Education, a nonprofit organization housed at Fordham University Law School, and Lawrence J. White, Ph.D., distinguished economics professor and economics department deputy chair at New York University's Stern School of Business."
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NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business hosts Dr. Stephen Cecchetti

NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business hosts Dr. Stephen Cecchetti, Economic Adviser at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
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NYU Stern Unveils Global Systemic Risk Rankings

New York University Stern School of Business today announced the launch of a global version of its NYU Stern Systemic Risk Rankings, extending the weekly US rating and ordering by level of risk to encompass the global banking system. The top three most systemically risky banks are Deutsche Bank AG, BNP Paribas, and Barclays PLC.
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Global Systemic Risk Conference

The 2011 Global Systemic Risk Conference is jointly organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Society for Financial Econometrics and the Volatility Institute at NYU Stern.
School News

Dean Geeta Menon on the importance of studying abroad for business students

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "Today's students must understand how businesses, governments, financial markets and cultures converge to make up our global society. There is no better setting in which to teach this global concept than at one of NYU's campuses around the world."
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Prof. Greg Coleman's digital marketing class is featured

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Excerpt from AdAge -- "Mr. Coleman teaches a digital marketing class at the NYU Stern School of Business, where Yahoo war stories are par for the course."
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NYU Stern research on saving for retirement is featured

Excerpt from SmartMoney blog -- "Researchers from the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego and New York University’s Stern School of Business surveyed college students and employees at a Fortune 100 firm to gauge their knowledge of savings growth over time."
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Prof. Jill Kickul on resources for social entrepreneurs in NYC

Excerpt from Green Spaces -- "Jill does believe there is a community of new social entrepreneurs in NYC, its just fragmented. There are schools and programs that create community, but you have to be part of that program (apply, be admitted)."
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Prof. Scott Galloway's Digital IQ ranking of European niche fashion brands is featuredEx

Excerpt from PRWeb -- “Establishing direct relationships with end consumers through e-commerce and social media represents a significant opportunity for European niche fashion brands to grow.”

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