Finance

PBS NewsHour Blog Features Zvi Bodie on Investment World’s Best-Kept Secret

Bodie, Boston University's Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management in finance, comments on "The One Safe Investment and Why You Never Hear About It." More

Professor N. Kulatilaka: Turning Green into Green

Perhaps it is no wonder that an electrical engineer who became a professor of finance would take an interest in how green buildings can provide monetary benefits for the people who have the resources to fund renewable energy projects. More

Boston University School of Management Named 7th in Finance Among Undergraduate Schools by Businessweek

Boston University School of Management placed 7th in the 2013 Bloomberg Businessweek "Best Undergraduate Business Schools for Finance" ranking, an advancement of 16 spots from last year. More

Research from B. Palazzo Finds the Biggest Savers are Risky Firms

A recent paper by Berardino Palazzo, published in the Journal of Financial Economics, explores the link between a firm's cash holdings and the broader, systematic risks it faces, rather than focusing narrowly on the relationship between cash holdings and the firm's specific cash flow volatility, as previous studies have done. More

Mark Williams in American Banker Magazine on Reducing Taxpayer Risk

In the February edition of American Banker magazine, Mark Williams authored a commentary piece, "Reduce Taxpayer Risk: Roll Back FDIC Limits." More

Wall Street Journal Names Zvi Bodie’s New Book a Top Pick for Investors

In their recent article "Financial Literacy 101," offering experts' top recommendations for novice investors, The Wall Street Journal spotlighted Risk Less and Prosper by Boston University's Zvi Bodie. More

Dodd-Frank, Consumers Win Big, Mark Williams Writes in Boston Herald

Backstopped by President Obama’s re-election, the Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senate win in Massachusetts is a deal changer for the future of the Dodd-Frank Act, writes Williams. More

Using Innovator Competition to Limit Cost Inflation & Speed VC Investment

In a new study titled "Innovation, Competition, and Investment Timing," Yrjö Koskinen and Joril Maeland focus on the crucial role of competition in enabling investors to capture more of the upside of innovation. More

Evgeny Lyandres Wins Pearson Prize for Best Paper in Financial Management

A recent award-winning paper by Gennaro Bernile and Evgeny Lyandres takes a sample of publicly traded European soccer clubs, analyzes their returns around important matches, and extrapolates outwards to the stock market at large. More

Mark Williams Tells Boston Herald, “High-risk Finance Nothing to Bank On”

On September 18, the Boston Herald published the following opinion piece by Boston University School of Management’s Mark Williams. More