Episodes
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Lubos Pastor, professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses how contrary to conventional wisdom, stocks are riskier in the long run.
Published 04/04/12
Published 04/04/12
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Stavros Panageas, assistant professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses how contracts with distorted payoffs should encourage a long-term view to offset risk shifting, which can occur when firms face financial distress.
Published 04/04/12
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. John C. Heaton, professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses what happens when "consumption strikes back" and how fundamental economic variables regain importance in explaining risk premiums in stock markets. He also discusses how a decline in the stock market today may reflect an...
Published 04/04/12
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Elizabeth G. Pontikes, Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about her research on the evolution of categories and identity within organizations.
Published 02/20/12
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Veronica Guerrieri, associate professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses the "sharp contraction" that occurred following the late-2000s financial crisis.
Published 02/16/12
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Burhaneddin Sandıkçı, Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research recently published by him on "The Price of Privacy."
Published 01/03/12
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Dan Adelman, Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research he recently published, "Optimal Mix: Managing a Portfolio of Supply Contracts."
Published 01/03/12
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Chad Syverson, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research recently published by him and Ali Hortaçsu - "Strategic Links: Why Firms Own Production Chains
Published 07/13/11
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Published 01/06/11
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. For a long time, economists doubted that racial bias of white employers was a significant factor in explaining black workers' lower wages relative to whites. New research revisits this issue and finds evidence as to why prejudice deserves more weight in the debate.
Published 06/03/09
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Emily Oster, assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago Department of Economics explains how turning on the television can be a simple yet influential way of improving a woman's standing in rural India.
Published 06/03/09
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Roughly 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV, and the number is growing. Since 9095 percent of HIV infections in Africa result from heterosexual sex,understanding changes in heterosexual behavior in response to rising HIV rates is crucial to developing effective prevention strategies. In the new study...
Published 06/03/09