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Bergstrand delivers keynote, testifies before USITC to evaluate impact of US trade agreements
Finance professor Jeffrey Bergstrand delivered the Nov. 10 keynote address for the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) virtual conference "Recent Advances in Trade-Policy Modeling and Applications in Emerging Areas."
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Investors prone to extrapolation bias before earnings announcements, study finds
Behavioral finance researcher Peter Kelly's new research examined the mental shortcuts people take when trying to understand a situation or make a decision.
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‘All Else Equal’ podcast connects students with business, economics professors
Economist and Finance Professor Jason Reed and Forrest Spence, a colleague in the economics department, teamed up to create a weekly podcast “All Else Equal," with the goal to engage students in the era of COVID-19.
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Family matters: How internal incentives shape outcomes for fund firms
Finance Professor Rafael Zambrana researched the significance and ramifications of different incentive strategies for mutual fund families and their clients and found the incentive mechanism used has an impact on fund performance and risk and is associated with different clientele of these asset managers.
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Unemployment will get much worse before it gets better, expert says
The U.S. Department of Labor reported March 26 that jobless claims from Americans displaced by the coronavirus pandemic soared to 3.28 million and the trend will continue as Americans shelter in place, according to finance professor Jason Reed.
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Expert says “stimulus” package is economically appropriate, urges caution
Congress should be applauded for putting together such an unprecedentedly massive package so quickly, according to Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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ND business experts on: Coronavirus
Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance, James O'Rourke, professor of management, and Kaitlin Wowak, assistant professor of information technology, analytics, and operations, provide insight into aspects of how the COVID-19 epidemic has unfolded, as health officials brace for the virus to spread within the United States.
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How female investors are steering start-ups and changing Wall Street’s culture
NDIGI managing director and 30-year financial industry veteran Erin Bellisimo was interviewed for Variety's article on how the rising stars of high finance are increasingly women who have paid their dues at established firms.
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How a ‘currency war’ could weaken US economy
Finance Professor Jeffrey Bergstrand gives a historical perspective on the effect tariff wars have on the economy in an article for AP News. The US trade conflict with China escalated and threatens to destabilize the global financial system.
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Study finds mutual fund managers tap into their networks for info on insider trades, portfolios benefit
New research by assistant professor of finance Huaizhi Chen found that these tracked insider trades can predict future firm returns, with the stocks bought by a fund manager after a tracked insider buy outperforming other firm purchases.
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