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Professor Lawrence White weighs in on the future trajectory of UBS amid the coronavirus crisis

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Excerpt from The Hour News -- “'Until we come out of this economic decline, there’s going to be less need for investment banking,' said Lawrence J. White, an economics professor at New York University. 'I think the net effect is going to be adverse to UBS here in in the United States.'”
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Lord Mervyn King cautions that it would be a mistake for UK Finance minister Rishi Sunak to reduce the contribution the British government pays towards furloughed staff’s wages to 60% from 80%

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King said he also supported an extension of the scheme. 'I hope that (Sunak) will extend these support schemes today to give businesses some comfort, needed comfort, over the next few months,' King told BBC radio."
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Professor Nicholas Economides weighs in on how personal service providers can safely reopen as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased

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Excerpt from Pix11 -- "Unfortunately for Tanriverdi, economists like Nicholas Economides of NYU’s Stern School of Business, say personal service providers might be some of the last businesses that’ll open back up. 'The rational thing is to open factories where people can be far apart,' Economides said. 'Then go to industries with closer contact.'”
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In a story exploring the impact of the coronavirus crisis on hotels, Professor Arun Sundararajan explains why the industry could be facing a 50% of workforce cut over the next year

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Excerpt from Pix11 -- "'At least over the next six to 12 months I would not be surprised to see 50% of workforce cut,' said NYU Stern’s School of Business Arun Sundararajan. In recent years, New York City welcomed about 65 million visitors for business and tourism each year. Sundararajan said people will likely make different choices in the years ahead."
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Takeaways from Professor Thomas Philippon's book, "The Great Reversal," are spotlighted

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Excerpt from City Journal -- "NYU economist Thomas Philippon’s 2019 book, The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets, was motivated by his observation that European economies have advanced past the U.S. in—as his primary example—'home Internet access.' Citing a survey indicating that U.S. households paid about $66 a month for residential broadband while German households paid just $36, he asks, 'How did the U.S. . . . become such a laggard?'”
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Professor Sabrina Howell shares takeaways from her recent research which examines how private equity buyouts affect the quality of care in nursing homes

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- “'The quality of care declines after the private equity buyout, which seems to reflect staffing cuts,' said one of the report’s authors, Sabrina T. Howell, assistant professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business."
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Professor Hans Taparia is quoted in an article exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the fast food industry and its workers

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Excerpt from Pix11 -- "PIX11 News asked NYU Stern School of Business’s Hans Taparia if working through these conditions would give them more leverage moving forward. 'I think the social justice efforts will pick up steam,” Taparia said. “But the corporation is getting more powerful… and with large unemployment the leverage shifts to the corporation.'”
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Research from Professor Henry Assael on consumer purchase decisions is highlighted

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Excerpt from Medium -- "According to Prof. Henry Assael of NYU, most consumer purchase decisions can be summarised as complex buying decisions, dissonance buying decisions, variety seeking decisions or habitual buying decisions."
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Professor Paul Hardart explains how The New York Times' decision to make most of its coronavirus coverage free to access has put its journalism front-and-center for a potentially new audience

Excerpt from Adweek -- "The Times, like other publishers, has seen an uptick in traffic to its coronavirus coverage. Also like other publishers, the Times has made a substantial amount of that coverage (including a live blog) available for free. It’s a way for the media organization to put its journalism front and center for a potentially new audience, said Paul Hardart, clinical professor of marketing at NYU Stern School of Business."
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Professor Thomai Serdari is quoted in a story exploring how J. Crew's bankruptcy filing may set the stage for a 'shakeout' in retail

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Excerpt from Retail Dive -- "The label 'had a major cultural moment' after Mickey Drexler arrived from Gap in 2003 to become CEO, and later promoted Jenna Lyons to lead its creative team, according to Thomai Serdari, a marketing and branding professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author of the forthcoming book 'Rethinking Luxury Fashion, The Role of Cultural Intelligence in Creative Strategy.'"
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In a Q&A interview, Professor Lawrence White shares advice for consumers considering a credit card with free balance transfers

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Excerpt from WalletHub -- "Free balance transfers have been around for decades. Specific cards offer them a specific promotion at various times. I expect that they will continue to be offered but not continuously by the same card for a long time."
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In an in-depth interview, Professor Scott Galloway offers his prediction that Amazon will be the fastest-growing healthcare company in the world by 2025

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Excerpt from Business Insider -- "Galloway predicts that Amazon will be the fastest-growing healthcare company in the world by 2025. It's no accident, he says, that the company is investing a lot of money in better COVID-19 testing."
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Professor Nouriel Roubini shares his predictions for the future of the global economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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Excerpt from BNN Bloomberg -- "Famed economist Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the 2008 financial crisis, is calling for a global depression in the middle of the decade. In an interview with BNN Bloomberg's Amanda Lang Tuesday, the author and New York University economist says the most likely economic scenario 'is that of a "U-shaped recovery' and 'there is also a risk of an L, what I call a greater depression, that's my baseline for the rest of the decade, but not this year.'"
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Professor Priya Raghubir predicts that mandatory mask, gloves and or even temperature checks could become a standard part of air travel going forward

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Excerpt from Pix11 -- "Priya Raghubir with NYU’s Stern School of Business expects mandatory mask, gloves and maybe even temperature checks to be a standard part of air travel going forward. She expects some resistance at first, similar to the changes made after 9/11. 'Everyone had to be told many times take off your shoes, take off your belts, take out your change, take out your phone,' Raghubir she said. 'People eventually get used to it.'
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Professor Deepak Hegde, Director of Stern’s Endless Frontier Labs, discusses how weakening links between employers and employees could put the American economy in a weak position when the global economy restarts following the COVID-19 pandemic

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Excerpt from WSBT -- "According to Deepak Hegde, an associate professor of management at New York University's Stern School of Business, there is a long term issue at play: weakening links between employers and employees could put the American economy in a weak position when the global economy restarts. 'Those other economies will be able to get started, restarted very soon and get launched where as we might fall behind as our companies struggle to replace and retrain all the employees that they have fired off in the short run,' Hegde said."
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Professor David Yermack's research on the economic impact of Michelle Obama's fashion choices is featured

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Excerpt from CNN -- "Her influence led to both sold-out stock and stock market boosts: In a 2010 study, New York University professor David Yermack found that J. Crew's stock increased 25% after Obama wore J.Crew on "The Tonight Show" in October 2008."
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Insights on the meaning of safety from Professor Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Coddling of the American Mind," are featured

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "As NYU moral psychology professor Jonathan Haidt and his co-author Greg Lukianoff put it, 'A culture that allows the concept of ‘safety’ to creep so far that it equates emotional discomfort with physical danger is a culture that encourages people to systematically protect one another from the very experiences embedded in everyday life that they need in order to become strong and healthy.'”
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Professor Petra Moser's joint research on the economic effects stemming from the US' national immigration quota system of the 1920s is spotlighted

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Excerpt from Medium -- "The closure of borders hit the U.S. with almost immediate effect and lasted for four decades: a 68% plunge in U.S. patents in the fields where the blocked immigrants worked, including electrochemistry, fluid dynamics, and mathematical analysis, according to a recent paper co-authored by Petra Moser, a professor at New York University. The innovation drought continued through 1965 when the Johnson administration’s Immigration Act reopened the country."
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Professor Tom Meyvis cautions against unequivocally accepting market research amid a lockdown

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Excerpt from The Economist -- "But any evidence of lasting damage to the brand would be slow to emerge, points out Tom Meyvis, a professor of marketing at the Stern School of Business, at New York University. Market research amid a lockdown is unreliable, as is purchasing behaviour during a global recession."
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Professor Russ Winer explains why he believes the COVID-19 pandemic has served as an accelerant for exposing vulnerable companies

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Excerpt from Pix11 -- "NYU Stern School of Business Professor Russell Winer said the pandemic did not create retail problems, it just exposed already vulnerable companies. 'I view the COVID-19 crisis as an accelerator,' Winer said. 'The brands having trouble before, are going to continue to have trouble.'"
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In a co-authored op-ed, Professor Marti Subrahmanyam warns that the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a stark light on the dissimilarities between the national economies of European Union members and urges leaders to agree on a new arrangement of mutual aid

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Excerpt from Fortune -- "The European Union is in trouble. From the start, its countries haven’t been on equal footing. But COVID-19 has shone a stark light on the dissimilarities between its national economies. The crisis has also laid bare that EU members have significantly different views on what obligations they have to one another."
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Professor Aswath Damodaran notes that a market rebound could pave the way for an increased number of public offerings

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "New York University finance professor and the “dean of valuation” Aswath Damodaran said on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” that the market rebound could pave the way for initial public offerings. Damodaran said that private companies that are positioned to take advantage of changes after the virus passes should be able to access public markets."
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Professor Joseph Foudy explains why auto suppliers may see a spike in probability of default during COVID-19 pandemic

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Excerpt from S&P Global -- "Policymakers also want to keep the auto industry afloat, but that usually means the major automakers, not the suppliers, said Joseph Foudy, an economics professor at New York University's Stern School of Business."
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Research from Professor Edward Altman on the recovery rates of defaulted debt is cited

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Excerpt from Seeking Alpha -- "Edward Altman is best known for inventing the Z-Score, but he also did the earliest research into the recovery rates of defaulted debt. His research, and that of the rating agencies, has shown that on average, senior secured bank debt recovers 70 cents on the dollar, senior unsecured bonds recover 40%, and junior unsecured bonds, which rank higher than preferred shares, recover 15%. Crucially, the 15% recovery rate for junior subordinated bonds, is the mean rate."
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Professor Thomai Serdari warns that the retail industry could experience a slow rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining that consumers are likely to remain wary of congregating in stores once restrictions are lifted

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Excerpt from Retail Dive -- "Furthermore, it's unclear what reopening retail looks like, as many consumers are likely to remain wary of congregating in stores unnecessarily. And, while there may be some pent-up demand for new things, that may not include new clothes, according to Thomai Serdari, a professor of luxury marketing and branding at New York University's Stern School of Business."

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