Business Economics and Public Policy

Heather Higginbottom is the president of the JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter, which develops and advances sustainable, evidence-based policy solutions to drive inclusive economic growth in the United States and around the world.

New research from Columbia Business School captures data from before and after implementation of New York’s 2018 PFL law; finds employers – not just employees and families – give policy high marks

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, was quoted in a Bloomberg article that discusses Japan’s GPIF and balancing ESG investment with its fiduciary duties.  World’s Top Pension Fund Treads Water as ESG Picks Up Pace (Bloomberg, 4/12/2021)

Special event – now available on demand – features Henry Kravis, Robert Zoellick, Marie Ffolkes, Joseph Stiglitz, Glenn Hubbard, and more.

Columbia Business School study finds that self-proclaimed ESG companies and funds are falling well short on their commitments  

Recent graduate, Hemish Dave '20, founder of Boda Coffee speaks to his new venture and how CBS prepared him to lead in a sustainable and purposeful way.

New Columbia Business School research finds over-focusing on short-term earnings leads to reduced innovation, and that state laws that prevent hostile takeovers can have a positive impact

Examining commuting patterns and lockdown measures in three major cities, Amit Khandelwal, Columbia Business School’s Jerome A. Chazen Professor of Global Business, argues that policymakers should abandon the blanket shutdown strategies commonly used in the first few months of the pandemic

On August 5, 2020 the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) organized a webinar titled, “Central Banking in the COVID-19 Era.” News outlets, including Bloomberg, Reuters, Asahi, NHK, and Nikkei, referenced the webinar and comments made by the speakers.

New research from Columbia Business School shows that when at-risk workers have a more generous social insurance program to fall back, managers may become morally licensed to lay off more workers.