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In this blog post, Professor Yaron Shaposhnik provides an overview of XAI, a growing field that aims to improve understanding of predictive models.

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

May 19, 2022 | Yaron Shaposhnik

In this blog post, Professor Yaron Shaposhnik provides an overview of XAI, a growing field that aims to improve the understanding of predictive models.

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In this Q&A, Simon alumnus David Khani, MBA’93, shares his perspective on the obstacles and opportunities the U.S. energy sector must navigate in the quest for a clean, reliable source of energy.

The Future of Energy: Views from an Industry Insider

Sevin Yeltekin

May 4, 2022

In this Q&A, Simon alumnus David Khani, MBA’93, shares his perspective on the obstacles and opportunities the U.S. energy sector must navigate in the quest for a clean, reliable source of energy.

A Modern Approach to Corporate Finance

Sevin Yeltekin

April 19, 2022

In this Q&A, Professors Cliff Smith and Jim Brickley take us inside their new book: Advanced Introduction to Corporate Finance.

Inflation, Energy Prices, and the Fed

Sevin Yeltekin

March 30, 2022

In this blog post, Dean Sevin Yeltekin examines 5 pressing questions at the intersection of inflation, energy prices, and monetary policy.

5 Cryptocurrency Insights

Sevin Yeltekin

March 16, 2022

In this blog post, Dean Sevin Yeltekin shares key insights from Professor Yukun Liu’s research on cryptocurrency.

Villains or Victims – What to Make of U.S.-listed Chinese Companies?

Joanna Wu

March 1, 2022

In this blog post, Professor Joanna Wu takes a closer look at Chinese companies that raise capital on the U.S. stock market.

Simon School Venture Fund

Ron Goettler

February 16, 2022

In this blog post, Dean Sevin Yeltekin hears from Professor Ron Goettler about the impact of the Simon School Venture Fund on student learning.

CEO Compensation

Sudarshan Jayaraman

February 2, 2022

In this blog post, Dean Yeltekin gets Professor Sudarshan Jayaraman’s take on the decades-long rise in CEO compensation.

Tweaking the Pricing Algorithm

Yufeng Huang

January 18, 2022

One of the hardest jobs of a seller is to develop an effective price-setting strategy. Pricing algorithms can help, but they present significant limitations. In this post, Professor Yufeng Huang uses the example of Airbnb rentals to illustrate how to make algorithms work better for sellers.

Inside the efforts to corral ESG resources at Simon Business School

Getting Up to Speed on ESG

Sevin Yeltekin

January 4, 2022

In this blog post, Dean Yeltekin interviews Robert Berkman, the University of Rochester’s Outreach Business Librarian, about his recent efforts to corral ESG resources for the Simon community.

Dean Yeltekin of Simon Business School presents insights on economic mobility from the bi-annual Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy

Economic Access and Mobility

Sevin Yeltekin

December 15, 2021

In this post, Dean Yeltekin offers a look into research presented at the bi-annual Carnegie-Rochester-NYU Conference on Public Policy highlighting economic mobility, opportunity, gender, and race.

Making Sense of U.S. National Debt: Part 2

David Primo

December 1, 2021

In this Q&A, Professor David Primo weighs in on political and economic obstacles to reducing the debt.

Making Sense of U.S. National Debt: Part 1

Sevin Yeltekin

November 17, 2021

In this Q&A, Dean Yeltekin examines the past, present, and future of the U.S. national debt with Stanford economist Kenneth Judd.

For the Best Seasonal Prices, Follow the Crowd

Avery Haviv

November 3, 2021

The laws of supply and demand tell us that when demand spikes, prices do too. But when price promotions enter the mix, the opposite holds true. New research by Simon Professor Avery Haviv explains why.

What to expect in a post-Covid-19 economy

US Economic Outlook after COVID-19: Top 10 Takeaways

Sevin Yeltekin

October 20, 2021

In this post, Dean Yeltekin presents key insights from Professors Narayana Kocherlakota and Cliff Smith about what we can expect in a post-pandemic economy.

A Closer Look at Inflation

Sevin Yeltekin

October 6, 2021

As the U.S. economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic in fits and starts, the steady rise of inflation is sounding alarm bells in academic corridors and newsrooms alike. In this post, Dean Yeltekin takes a closer look at inflation and addresses six key questions related to its rise.

Simon faculty explain reflect on the future of ESG in finance as it relates to climate change

ESG and the Economics of Climate Change

Sevin Yeltekin

September 22, 2021

Simon Business School Dean Sevin Yeltekin invites IMD finance professor Dr. Karl Schmedders, formerly her colleague at Northwestern University and a former Stanford classmate, to explain the hype around ESG and reflect on the future of ESG in finance, particularly as it relates to climate change.

University of Rochester Professor Lisa Kahn reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. labor market

3 surprising ways the COVID-19 pandemic has rocked the U.S. labor market

Lisa B. Kahn

September 8, 2021

In this post, University of Rochester Professor Lisa Kahn reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. labor market and the dislocation it wrought. While the forecast will change as new data emerges, Professor Kahn identifies three surprising ways in which the pandemic has reshaped the labor market landscape.

Delivering What Counts: The Link Between CEO Pay and Shareholder Return

Ron Schmidt

August 25, 2021

Is there a relationship between CEO pay and shareholder return? Simon Business School professor Ron Schmidt argues that, despite assertions to the contrary in opinion essays and by business journalists, there is. In this post he’ll share in-depth research to support his findings, and explore this relationship and its implications.

Rebuilding America

Sevin Yeltekin

August 12, 2021

Since the inauguration of President Biden, the nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package championed by his administration has become a lightning rod for partisan wrangling in Congress. Earlier this summer, I sat down with Josh Goldberg, a director of Summit Consulting, to discuss the need for a more adaptable, agile national infrastructure.

The Business of Digital Health

Dr. Michael Hasselberg

July 28, 2021

The healthcare industry is “ripe for disruption” for business-minded innovators, according to Dr. Michael Hasselberg, UR Health’s first Senior Director of Digital Health. In this Q&A, Michael shares his insights about ongoing successes, challenges, and opportunities for collaboration in his mission to reshape the digital landscape at UR Medicine.

How far off are stock prices?

Christian Opp

July 14, 2021

Over the past few months, the prices of meme stocks like GameStop and AMC have swung wildly, attracting the attention of investors and raising questions about the informational efficiency of stock markets—the idea that all public information relating to a company’s stock is correctly incorporated into its current price.

AI Brain Drain

Michael Gofman

June 23, 2021

Every September, academics and industry leaders converge to compete in the ImageNet Challenge (ILSVRC), an annual computer vision competition that invites participants to develop software programs that can correctly classify and detect images stored in ImageNet’s large visual database.

Power of Analytics

Huaxia Rui

June 9, 2021

If you call a 1-800 number and endure the hold music for long enough, you can reasonably expect to reach a customer service representative. If you choose to lodge a complaint via social media, on the other hand, it can be difficult to predict what level of response you will elicit. Some interactions between customers and brands may lead nowhere, while others may ignite a media firestorm.

Non-Fungible Tokens

Professor Derek Mohr

May 26, 2021

Sales of digital art, photographs, and digital texts are booming through the use of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) sold using cryptocurrency and recorded on a blockchain.

Central Banking

Dean Sevin Yeltekin

May 12, 2021

Twice a year, the Simon Business School, together with the economics department at University of Rochester, participates in a joint public policy conference alongside the NYU Stern School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.

Disruptions in Debt Markets

Alan Moreira

April 28, 2021

In March 2020, the US stock market experienced wild fluctuations as the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic sent shock waves through the economy. Corporate debt markets were hit even harder, with Investment Grade (IG) falling by 20%, about as large as high-yield debt, and of a similar order of magnitude as stocks.

American Rescue Plan

Dean Sevin Yeltekin

April 14, 2021

If last year’s CARES Act was designed to shield Americans from the economic onslaught of COVID-19, this year’s American Rescue Plan Act was intended to deal a lethal blow. Did it succeed? It’s complicated.

Government deficits

Professor David M. Primo

March 31, 2021

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office just issued its latest Long-Term Budget Outlook, and the outlook is bleak. The CBO projects that the national debt held by the public will reach twice the size of the entire economy (measured in terms of gross domestic product, or GDP) by 2050—and that’s if interest rates don’t shoot up in the interim.

The CARES Act

Dean Sevin Yeltekin

March 24, 2021

In fiscal policy, as in battle, a blunt instrument is usually better than none at all. That has certainly been the case when it comes to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the country’s largest stimulus package since World War II.

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Featured

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

The Future of Energy: Views from an Industry Insider

A Modern Approach to Corporate Finance

Inflation, Energy Prices, and the Fed

5 Cryptocurrency Insights

Villains or Victims – What to Make of U.S.-listed Chinese Companies?

Simon School Venture Fund

CEO Compensation

Tweaking the Pricing Algorithm

Getting Up to Speed on ESG

Economic Access and Mobility

Making Sense of U.S. National Debt: Part 2

Making Sense of U.S. National Debt: Part 1

For the Best Seasonal Prices, Follow the Crowd

US Economic Outlook after COVID-19: Top 10 Takeaways

A Closer Look at Inflation

ESG and the Economics of Climate Change

3 surprising ways the COVID-19 pandemic has rocked the U.S. labor market

Delivering What Counts: The Link Between CEO Pay and Shareholder Return

Rebuilding America

The Business of Digital Health

How far off are stock prices?

AI Brain Drain

Power of Analytics

Non-Fungible Tokens

Central Banking

Disruptions in Debt Markets

American Rescue Plan

Government deficits

The CARES Act