Financial Services

Wall Street sign
A Stanford theoretician of financial risk looks at how to fix the "pipes and valves" of modern finance.
A trader reacts on the IG Group
Two scholars explain what could happen next in Nicosia — and the rest of Europe.

Elizabeth Blankespoor, Stanford GSB's assistant professor of accounting
New research finds support for valuing bank securities at current market value.
Research on derivatives concludes they can add to a company’s leverage and market value.
Anat Admati, professor, Stanford GSB
How, and why, Stanford's Anat Admati took on the banking system.
Project Syndicate -
01.17.13
Anat Admati discusses why the global financial system remains "distorted and dangerous."
The Washington Post -
11.12.12
Anat Admati assesses what President Obama must do now.
The World Economic Forum -
10.31.12
Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, discusses regulatory options in the World Economic Forum's 2012 Financial Development Report.
Men yelling in protest.
An economist shows how financial innovation can help reduce ethnic violence.
Guy accessing information
New research by Ilan Guttman explores how information disclosure can affect financial panics.

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Wall Street sign
A Stanford theoretician of financial risk looks at how to fix the "pipes and valves" of modern finance.
A trader reacts on the IG Group
Two scholars explain what could happen next in Nicosia — and the rest of Europe.

Men yelling in protest.
An economist shows how financial innovation can help reduce ethnic violence.
photo of Middle East entrepreneurs
Gayle Lemmon discusses how entrepreneurs conduct business in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous environments.
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How Scholarship Can Help Alleviate Extreme Poverty
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In March, Robert L. Joss became the 42nd recipient of the Ernest C. Arbuckle Award conferred by the Stanford Business School Alumni Association. The distinction recognizes major changes during his 10 years as dean, including increased collaboration with other schools at Stanford, construction of a new business school complex, and a retooled MBA curriculum.
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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 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.  
Darrell Duffie
Europe’s banks also need to shore up their capital, not just borrow liquidity, say three experts on international finance.
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.

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Elizabeth Blankespoor, Stanford GSB's assistant professor of accounting
New research finds support for valuing bank securities at current market value.
Research on derivatives concludes they can add to a company’s leverage and market value.
Anat Admati, professor, Stanford GSB
How, and why, Stanford's Anat Admati took on the banking system.
Guy accessing information
New research by Ilan Guttman explores how information disclosure can affect financial panics.
Angel statue
New research indicates it is even higher than you might think.
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Research shows that the little word 'we' can make a big difference in attitudes toward brands.
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A Stanford research team proposes changes to credit default swaps to lower the risks of sovereign default.
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Why bankers like leverage—and what that could mean for the global financial system.
Anat Admati photo
In a Reuters oped, Professor Anat Admati argues that bank dividend payouts to shareholders expose "the economy to unnecessary risks without valid justification."
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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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