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05.15.12
At the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit discusses the financial crisis, leading complex organizations, and the "tremendous uncertainty ahead of us."
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Why bankers like leverage—and what that could mean for the global financial system.
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How Scholarship Can Help Alleviate Extreme Poverty
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Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Edward P. Lazear puts today's economic recovery in historical context.
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A letter by Anat R. Admati and Neil M. Barofsky published by the Financial Times, March 8, 2012
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After analyzing repurchase agreements by money-market funds and security lenders, these researchers believe that banks off-balance-sheet collateralization of commercial paper is more likely to have prompted the run on short-term debt financing in the recent financial crisis.
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A research paper coauthored by finance faculty member Anat Admati has been recognized by the Financial Times and International Centre for Financial Regulation  (ICFR) in their jointly-sponsored third annual essay contest on financial regulation. 
A 2005 Stanford MBA says that mobile technology devices are revolutionizing banking and other services in Africa, similar to the way computers revolutionized industrialized countries.
John L. Beshears
When they are wrong about quarterly earnings forecasts, analysts may stubbornly stick to their erroneous views, a tendency that might contribute to market bubbles and busts, according to research coauthored by John Beshears of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Nobel Laureate and Stanford Graduate School of Business emeritus faculty member William F. Sharpe has been honored for the fifth time with the Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence. Established in 1960 by the Financial Analysts Journal the award recognizes excellence in financial writing.

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image of child in a classroom
How Scholarship Can Help Alleviate Extreme Poverty
Ed Lazear photo
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Edward P. Lazear puts today's economic recovery in historical context.
Anat Admati photo
A research paper coauthored by finance faculty member Anat Admati has been recognized by the Financial Times and International Centre for Financial Regulation  (ICFR) in their jointly-sponsored third annual essay contest on financial regulation. 
A 2005 Stanford MBA says that mobile technology devices are revolutionizing banking and other services in Africa, similar to the way computers revolutionized industrialized countries.
Nobel Laureate and Stanford Graduate School of Business emeritus faculty member William F. Sharpe has been honored for the fifth time with the Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence. Established in 1960 by the Financial Analysts Journal the award recognizes excellence in financial writing.
Stanford Graduate School of Business Diploma Ceremony
Boston Fed CEO Eric Rosengren says money market mutual funds are vulnerable to the European debt crisis.
Believers in free market capitalism were appalled when the U.S. government spent $82 billion to bail out General Motors and Chrysler. But the money saved an important U.S. industry and averted a national economic catastrophe Steven Rattner, the man who led the rescue operation, told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.
Niklas Zennström
Silicon Valley isn't the only area in which technology companies can flourish, says Niklas Zennström, who founded the high-flying internet communication firm Skype  in Luxembourg. Populations and internet use are growing fastest outside of the United States.

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Image of stock trader
Why bankers like leverage—and what that could mean for the global financial system.
Anat Admati photo
A letter by Anat R. Admati and Neil M. Barofsky published by the Financial Times, March 8, 2012
Stefan Nagel photo
After analyzing repurchase agreements by money-market funds and security lenders, these researchers believe that banks off-balance-sheet collateralization of commercial paper is more likely to have prompted the run on short-term debt financing in the recent financial crisis.
John L. Beshears
When they are wrong about quarterly earnings forecasts, analysts may stubbornly stick to their erroneous views, a tendency that might contribute to market bubbles and busts, according to research coauthored by John Beshears of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Originally published by Thomson Reuters-GRC, June 14, 2011.
In the emerging market for peer-to-peer loans, the auction method used can make an important difference to the borrower, says Stanford Graduate School of Business economist Nicolas Lambert.
Forget Suze Orman. Time, Not Money, Is Your Most Precious Resource. Spend It Wisely.
Text of Letter Published in Financial Times View the letter as it appears in the Financial Times; subscription required to access

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