Archive: Faculty
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Office Hours: Shiliang (John) Cui Explores How COVID-19 Testing Can Be Incentivized
As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, testing facilities are experiencing longer wait times, which may be discouraging individuals from getting tested. In his recent paper, Design of COVID-
Categories: COVID-19, News Story
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Vaccine Distribution Will be an ‘Enormous Logistical Problem’: David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of the Carlyle Group, joins CNBC’s “Squawk Box” team to discuss how the market is anticipating vaccine distribution and if he thinks there will be disappointments along the way of the economic recovery. [He spoke of these topics at the Financial Markets Quality conference hosted by the Center for Financial Markets and Policy later that day].
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SEC Chairman Clayton to Step Down
James Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, told ThinkAdvisor Monday in an email that he doubts “the lame duck Trump administration will try to ram through his [Clayton’s] nomination” to the Southern District of New York post.
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Biden to Talk More Softly Toward China, but Keep Trump’s Big Tariff ‘Stick’
“I think it would be impractical for Biden to do any tariff reductions immediately. I don’t think he has the latitude to remove them right away,” said Charles Skuba, a professor at Georgetown and former senior official at the U.S. International Trade Administration . “He also has some chips to play. You could consider the tariffs as a gift to Biden.”
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What a Democrat-Controlled SEC Might Look Like and What it Would Mean for Markets
“You will see more climate-related and ESG related policies,” said Jim Angel, associate professor of finance at Georgetown University. “They will look at ESG disclosures, like climate and risk disclosure — how much carbon and greenhouse chemicals are you putting into the air?”
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Business Professor on the State of China’s Economy
Arthur Dong, Teaching Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, talked about the state of China’s economy.
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Yes, Virtual Presenting Is Weird
An article by Sarah Gershman, adjunct professor: Recently, I worked with a CEO who told me that she dreads giving virtual presentations. “I used to enjoy getting up in front of an audience,” she explained. “I loved working the room. Now, I feel like I’m speaking into a black hole.”
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How Much Could Joe Biden Win the Popular Vote by and Still Lose the Electoral College?
David A. Walker, a professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business whose presidential election model predicted the popular vote in 2016 within 0.5%, said the popular-vote margin for Biden would have to reach landslide levels to fully eliminate Trump’s Electoral College advantage.
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Analysis: Retail Traders Position for Volatility After U.S. Election
The surge of new retail investors benefits the market in many ways, such as promoting financial literacy and bringing more attention to a wider variety of companies than institutional investors tend to focus on, said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University.
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Happy Birthday Dear Bitcoin: Crypto’s First White Paper Turns 12
James Angel, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, told Coin Telegraph: “It has set in motion a revolution in finance with the rise of DeFi apps, smart contracts, and coin offerings, in addition to a payment revolution that is leading to central bank digital currencies.”
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