VRI Faculty in the News
The latest media mentions of VRI faculty members' research
VRI Faculty in the News
- Professor Viral Acharya co-authored op-ed in LiveMint, “Nationwide Summer Campaigns Can Plug School Education Gaps.” and a op-ed for International Banker, ““The Triple Punch of Monetary Tightening on U.S. Mortgage Rates.’”
- Professor Edward Altman was interviewed for the Bloomberg piece, “Repeat Bankruptcies Are Piling Up at Fastest Rate Since 2009.” and for Global Finance Magazine in “Bankruptcy’s Roaring Return.”
- Professor Richard Berner co-authored op-ed for Liberty Street Economics entitled, “Mitigating the Risk of Runs on Uninsured Deposits: the Minimum Balance at Risk.” He was also interviewed for the Washington Post op-ed, “What Would U.S. Default Actually Look Like? ‘Financial Armageddon.’” and for the FT article, “Options Trading Surges as Investors Brace Themselves for U.S. Regional Bank Volatility.” He was interviewed for Risk.net on Crypto, Sifis, and stress tests. He spoke at the Fifth Joint Deutsche Bundesbank - ECB - FRB of Chicago Conference on CCP Risk Management in Frankfurt, World Law Congress in New York, and at the Yale Financial Crisis Forum.
- Professor Vasant Dhar wrote an op-ed for The Hill: “Why It’s Time to Safeguard Against AI Liability,” and was interviewed by NY1 for their story, “White House, leading developers commit to managing risks from AI”
- Professor Robert Engle was featured in an El Pais article: “Robert F. Engle, Nobel Prize in Economics: ‘This mini financial crisis will not end in a big crisis’”
- Professor Judith Germano was appointed to the Dime Community Bancshares Inc Board of Directors
- Professor Céline Gounder was featured on NPR’s Shortwave: “'Speedboat epidemiology': How smallpox was eradicated one person at a time and CBS News story, “How to stay healthy during the uptick of COVID rates”
- Professor Hanna Halaburda was interviewed in Money, “Bitcoin Is Less Than a Year Away From a Much-Hyped Event That Has Historically Seen Its Price Soar” and The Guardian’s “Bitcoin Is Terrible For the Environment – Can It Ever Go Green?”
- Professor Nasir Memon is quoted in Lifewire story, “Deepfake Audio Powered By AI Can Fool You—Here's Why You Should Care.”
- Professor Thomas Philippon’s research was featured in The Economist: “Is Big Business Really Getting Too Big?” and in Cointelegraph: “Shapella Could Bring Institutional Investors to Ethereum Despite Risks.”
- Professor Kim Schoenholtz co-authored and op-ed for CEPR entitled, “Making Banks Safe” and also co-authored an op-ed for FT with Professor Lawrence White entitled, “The Dangerous Role of America’s Weird Lenders-of-Next-to-Last Resort.”
- Professor Josh Tucker was interviewed by Marketplace Tech for their episode “Virality, algorithms and echo chambers: Can adjusting the feed diminish division online?” and his research was cited in the Atlantic article, “So Maybe Facebook Didn’t Ruin Politics.” He discussed his research on several podcasts including Lawfare, Offline with Jon Favreau, and Moderated Content
- Professor Tensie Whelan was quoted in Board Agenda’s “Director Reference Guide: how to benefit from stakeholder engagement,” co-authored an op-ed for HBR: “Research: How to Effectively Market Green Products.” and co-wrote, “Flex of worker power raises the stakes for quality jobs” for ImpactAlpha
- Professor Lawrence White was interviewed for American Banker piece, “Should the Federal Home Loan Banks Become Public Benefit Corporations?”” and wrote an op-ed for Fortune entitled “Uninsured depositors remain a ticking time bomb for the U.S. banking system”