Finance Press Release

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 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  

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

New research from Columbia Business School finds that third-party activism in corporate governance can increase the longevity and sustainability of a company’s innovation

New “EZ Climate” Model incorporates the social and environmental effects of rising emissions into its pricing framework

New Columbia Business School study shows that expansion of rent control and traditional housing policies leads to greater access to affordable housing and increases well-being.

Research from Columbia Business School outlines how the adoption of tenure voting would affect control rights within a corporation over time