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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The Wharton School’s Peter Conti-Brown provided a history of the Federal Open Market Committee’s yearly meetings.
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Hans-Peter Kohler of the School of Arts and Sciences discussed the recent decline in U.S. birth rates. “At the level we are observing it in the U.S., it is not a problem. If the U.S. had South Korean, Japanese, or Italian fertility rates, arguably, the pressure to do something about this might be higher,” said Kohler.
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Ben Keys of the Wharton School endorsed the idea of de-emphasizing the option for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. However, he warned, if lenders stop guaranteeing those mortgages, “we should expect house prices everywhere to go down, which could be a potentially large shock to the housing market.”
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Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School discussed efforts by American retailers to break into Indian e-commerce. Guillen predicts that the market will reach $100 billion by 2020.
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Maisy Wong of the Wharton School said that home-buying costs have not decreased in response to competition, which “goes against a standard competitive force in economics.” Wong attributed the contradiction to agents “steering” clients toward higher-commission sales.
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The Wharton School’s Nancy Rothbard co-authored a study about the effects of workplace friendships on productivity and work culture.
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Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School talks about the day the Federal Open Market Committee approved interest rate cuts in 2008.
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The Penn Wharton Budget Model is cited for generating information about the average effective tax rate for corporations.
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Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School talks about the rise of bitcoin and what happens if, and when, the bubble bursts.
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Michael Knoll of the Law School talks about the new GOP tax bill and how it will affect commercial real estate taxes, specifically “pass through” entities.