News & Press
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An effective and politically viable option for corporate tax reform
Bob Pozen, a member of the GCFP Advisory Board and Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, has written recently in The Hill on how to reform the corporate income tax. His proposal […]
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As Student Summer Jobs Disappeared, the Golub Center Came to the Rescue
by Andrew Husband, Sloan News, Oct 20, 2020. With employers filling 60 percent fewer management positions and otherwise guaranteed internship opportunities succumbing to budget cuts amid the COVID-19 pandemic, students at MIT Sloan […]
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This former federal housing chief wants us to think differently about risk
by Tracy Mayor, MIT Sloan My Idea Made to Matter series. Ed Golding has long championed a more equitable approach to risk. His latest project: Redefining how we look at […]
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SEP 2020 PRESS RELEASE
MIT’s Golub Center for Finance and Policy Names Stanley Fischer as Winner of the First Miriam Pozen Prize By MIT Sloan Office of Media Relations September 10, 2020 $200,000 prize […]
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Ben Bernanke joins GCFP
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Ben S. Bernanke as our Distinguished Senior Fellow for the 2020-2021 academic year. After an esteemed career in both academics and […]
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Proactive Indexing: Index Funds and IPOs
Robert Pozen’s path-breaking article, co-authored with two portfolio managers at State Street Bank, examines Index Funds. Index funds now buy stocks shortly before or at the time they are added to the […]
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Usable bank capital
VOXEU: The COVID-19 induced ‘Great Lockdown’ has cast doubt on the efficacy of bank buffers in supporting the real economy in times of crisis. Despite accommodative regulatory and supervisory action, […]
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3 policy proposals to bolster the post-lockdown economy
MIT Sloan economists say the government’s efforts during COVID-19 are a good start but not enough to restart the economy. Here are their recommended next steps. As experts strive to […]
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Second wave of coronavirus infections could cause a worse economic disaster, experts warn
Jonathan A. Parker, Robert C. Merton Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan and Co-Director, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy, points out in a CNBC video which current conditions […]
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Estimating Probabilities of Success of Vaccine and Other Anti-Infective Therapeutic Development Programs
In a paper published in the Harvard Data Science Review on May 14, 2020, the co-director of GCFP, Andrew Lo, along with his co-authors Kien Wei Siah and Chi Heem Wong, estimate the […]
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