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Research shows that fair-value calculations provide a far more accurate indicator of a bank's risk of failure than calculations based largely on historical cost.
It has been four years since Wall Street and the banking industry imploded under the weight of mortgage-backed securities, but the...
Unless the United States is willing to curb the growth in government-funded health care, it is looking forward to slow job growth and a 50% increase in federal taxes on every American, not just the rich, according to economist Edward Lazear.
Speaking to Stanford University employees a few hours...
Shared political characteristics — even when perceived and not known — can increase interaction between online dating participants at levels similar to educational background and race.
If you've ever used an online dating website, you've answered a litany of questions about yourself and your...
"I would never be one to advocate that Congress not increase the debt limit…trying to create a cash crunch crisis was absolutely thewrong thing."
Keith HennesseyLecturerStanford GSB
It wasn't exactly a love fest. But what had been billed as a shootout between two heavyweight economists at...
"Allowing firms to focus on the risks they are in business to take, while hedging against risks that they are not in business to take, can add value."
Francisco Pérez-GonzálezAssistant Professor of finance, Stanford GSB
Financial derivatives have been in the doghouse of public opinion ever...
"Many people are angry but they don’t know what to do. What we're hoping is to teach them what to ask for — to tell them what can be done."
Anat Admati, professor of finance and economics, Stanford GSB
One day in the spring of 2010, Anat Admati, a finance and economics professor at the...
Online shopping has made it exceedingly easy to gather product information — but the abundance of information is a mixed blessing for both consumers and sellers, according to research by economist Monic Sun, assistant professor of marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business....