# Profs John Asker and Alexander Ljungqvist's research on private and public company investments is cited

1 Faculty News October 29, 2014 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/10/29/the-surprising-truth-about-where-new-jobs-come-from/) -- "It’s brilliant work by economists from the Stern School of Business and Harvard Business School, [Alexander Ljungqvist](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alexander-ljungqvist), Joan Farre-Mensa, and [John Asker](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/john-asker), in an article entitled 'Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?' which compares the investment patterns of public companies and privately held firms. It turns out that the lag in investment is a phenomenon of the public companies more than the privately held firms."

[Read more](http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/10/29/the-surprising-truth-about-where-new-jobs-come-from/)