Business Economics and Public Policy

The first-of-its-kind study from Columbia Business School finds that growing up in a recession vs an economic boom leads to differences in work priorities. As world economies grapple with COVID-19 impacts, research provides valuable insight for employers and labor markets

On March 11th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,485 points, ending the longest bull-market run in history, and sending the market into nosedive the likes of which has not been witnessed since the Great Recession

NEW YORK – Last week about 3.3 million people filed for unemployment – the most initial jobless claims in U.S. history. The financial consequences of unemployment are extensive – for these workers and for the country. But it’s worth pointing out that the effects of job losses are not solely monetary.

SLEB Co-Chair, Charles Gariepy '20, shares his insights from the Darden ClimateCAP Summit.

In the era of online surveillance, consumers continually express concerns about how their digital footprint is being tracked and their privacy compromised.

Research from Chazen Senior Scholar Jonas Hjort shows political leaders value research findings, even willing to pay to learn results of impact evaluations

New Research from Columbia Business School Challenges Conventional Wisdom of Bank Funding.

A fintech founder, a venture capitalist, and a leading lawyer discuss the challenge of innovation in the regulated banking world.

Private equity plays an important role in investment markets and the broader economy. Private equity funds—managed by general partners, or GPs—take stakes in companies, exercise control, and actively seek to improve the performance of their portfolio companies. They do so in pursuit of financial returns for their investors (limited partners, or LPs) higher than the returns available in public markets. Private equity has become a key engine of investment markets, seeking absolute return while driving performance and efficiency in portfolio companies.

From October 17 to October 20 three members of CDS, Kellen Mrkva, Atonia Krefeld-Schwalb, and Byung Cheol Lee, traveled to Atlanta to attend the 2019 Association for Consumer Research Conference (ACR). All three organized special sessions around their research.