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Finance and the Good Society

Finance has a reputation problem; it is perceived by some as a bad actor behind the mortgage and debt crises in the United States and Europe, economic inequality, and market manipulations. In his new book Finance and the Good Society (Princeton University Press, April 4, 2012), Robert J. Shiller, the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, argues that finance shouldn't be condemned, but used as a force to achieve the greater goals of society. Read More

 

MARCH 18, 2012 |  READ ARTICLE
James Choi Wins TIAA-CREF Samuelson Award

James Choi, associate professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, and co-authors Brigitte C. Madrian and David I. Laibson of Harvard, have been awarded the 2011 TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. The professors received the award for their paper "Why Does the Law of One Price Fail? An Experiment on Index Mutual Funds" (Review of Financial Studies, 2010).  READ MORE

MARCH 18, 2012 |  READ ARTICLE
Andrew Metrick discusses returns of dual-class shares in Smart Money.com

News Corp.'s dual-share system has come under fire, but does the structure hurt returns?

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AUGUST 2, 2011 |  READ ARTICLE
Yale SOM Hosts Second Behavioral Finance Summer School

When the temperature heats up and the days are at their longest, it’s time for kids to head off to summer camp—even if those kids are PhD students.  Read Article

AUGUST 2, 2011 |  READ ARTICLE