Business Economics and Public Policy

The University announces a loan program to help businesses struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Initiative will support small businesses in Upper Manhattan with loans ranging from $500 to $50,000; funding will be administered by Columbia University

Research from Columbia Business School finds that bridge loan programs like the PPP and The Fed’s MSLP are best-equipped to prevent corporate bankruptcies

Columbia Business School Study Finds that Households are Spending Stimulus Checks on Non-Durable Goods and Basic Needs, then Saving the Rest

Analyzing economic indicators and daily COVID-19 cases in China– the first country to face an outbreak – Columbia Business School research argues that the use of big data technology successfully removes this hard tradeoff between human casualties and economic costs.

Innovation is at an all-time high, but the economic damage from the COVID-19 outbreak has the potential to stifle inventions and patents. But new research shows that financial crises are both destructive and creative forces for innovation.

Working Paper from Columbia Business School Emphasizes the Need to Accelerate New Businesses, Not Just Protect Existing Ones, to Restore the U.S. Economy

New research from Columbia Business School’s Assistant Professor of Business Christian Moser and MUTB Professor of International Business Pierre Yared argues that a lack of government transparency behind lockdown extension decisions can wreak avoidable long-term havoc on the economy

Working Paper from Columbia Business School Quantifies Impact of “Belief Scarring” on Economic Recovery, Finds Crisis Could Result in over 180% loss of annual GDP

Study provides first real-time view into household consumption during outbreak in U.S., showing an initial sharp increase in key categories, followed by a sharp decrease in overall spending