Business Economics and Public Policy

Professor Elke Weber speaks about her research. The title of her talk is "Mindful Judgment and Decision Making: The Case Against Mindless Economics."

The Sanford C. Bernstein Center, in conjunction with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, has produced a research report on Governance, Executive Compensation, and Excessive Risk in the Financial Services Industry, which addresses the latest academic research and industry best practices on corporate governance and compensation in the financial industry as well as the latest proposals for reform and regulation of these practices.

Frank Lichtenberg, the Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business, is the recipient of Research!America's 2010 Garfield Economic Impact Award, which recognizes the outstanding work of economists who demonstrate how medical and health research impacts the economy.

Professors Eric Johnson and Elke Weber's research on the impact of labels triggering cognitive and emotional processes underlying decision making was mentioned in Crain's Insider.

The rich are anxious these days with the possible expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. Banks and private-wealth-management companies are responding by offering seminars and financial boot camps to ease the worries of the super-wealthy.

Aligning Supply and Demand for Next-Generation Broadband

Many countries are undertaking massive communications and information technology build out to produce the Smart Grid.

Researchers at Columbia University found a high correlation between a participant's stance on global warming and how he perceived the outdoor temperature on the day he was asked about it. Study subjects were also more likely to say they would donate to a global warming charity on days they perceived to be unusually warm. For Eric J. Johnson, the director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School and a co-author of the study, the findings highlight the pitfalls of policymaking by poll, given that opinions on such a complex issue appear susceptible to highly impertinent data.

Please join Wall Street analysts, investors, economists, and policy experts for: WALL STREET, REGULATION & BROADBAND: Assessing the Impact Washington Will Have on Jobs, Investment and U.S. Economic Recovery Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:30 ?? 3:30 PM New York Law School 185 West Broadway ( Leonard St.) New York, NY

With recent talks in Albany on benefit corporations, the SEP and Grameen Creative Lab are organizing a Social Business Lab.