As the United States experiences another year of lackluster financial growth, economists are looking at corporate tax rates as a cause. But is a high US corporate tax rate to blame for the weak economy?
Dean Glenn Hubbard has announced three new faculty appointments that will take effect on July 1: Charles Jones, the Robert W. Lear Professor of Finance and Economics, has been named senior vice dean; Shiva Rajgopal, the Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing, will become vice dean for research; and Paolo Siconolfi, the Franklin Pitcher Johnson Jr. Professor of Finance and Economics, will lead the School's Doctoral Program.
Decades’ worth of research on couples points to the disproportionate frequency with which women perform housework as compared to men. But a groundbreaking series of new studies from Columbia Business School and William Paterson University suggests that women also take on more of couples’ “mental housework” – the remembering of daily errands and to-dos.
On Tuesday, April 4, Columbia Business School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics will host an impassioned discussion on the new energy economy and changing American policies.
MTGE Investment Corp. ("MTGE" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: MTGE) announced on March 10th that its Board of Directors has elected Steven W. Abrahams to the Board effective immediately. MTGE's Board of Directors now consists of five members, including four independent directors.
"We are pleased to welcome Steve to the MTGE Board. Steve's significant experience with, and expertise in, U.S. mortgage-backed securities and global fixed income investing will complement the strong and diverse skill set of our existing Board," said Gary Kain, MTGE's Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Abrahams also currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia Business School.