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The newly appointed assistant law professor brings her specialty in the intersection of law and finance, with a focus on financial regulation, to both Penn Law and the finance department at the Wharton School.
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Wharton's Mauro Guillen discusess the Trump administration's efforts to renegotiate NAFTA, facing resistance from Canada while solidifying an agreement with Mexico.
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Wharton's Howard Kunreuther, Jeffrey Czajkowski and Gina Tonn discuss a new issue brief from the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative, highlighting how policy changes, like adding private insurance to fill federal funding gaps, can improve infrastructure and reduce reliance on federal aid.
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Wharton's Itay Goldstein discusses his working paper, which links the business cycle to credit markets, and the use of junk bonds to predict the business cycle earlier than other indicators.
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Wharton management professor Natalya Vinokurovah has written two recent papers on the historical development of mortgage-backed securities, finding parallels to the present day.
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Wharton's Kevin Volpp and Scott Halpern from the Perelman School of Medicine discuss the use of incentives in getting employees to stop smoking, to curb the soaring costs of providing health insurance for employees.
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Wharton finance professors David Musto and Krista Schwarz explain why there was an unusually big price gap between Treasury bonds and notes during the financial crisis.
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A new brief by Wharton's Exequiel Hernandez suggests that the value of immigrants, in economic terms, should not be measured in jobs and wages alone, but firms should recognize capital investment, innovation, and their presence in a community as positive factors for growth.
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Wharton's Marshall Meyer and Minyuan Zhao, and Penn Law's Jacques deLisle discuss China's efforts to grow its population by offering tax benefits, housing and education subsidies, and longer paternity and maternity leave to lift birth rates.
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Wharton's Philip Nichols and Joao Gomes discuss the collapse of the Turkish lira in recent months, raising concern that the country’s financial troubles could spread to Europe and beyond.
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