Canada stagnates while the US charges ahead: why VC in Canada is doing so poorly
In a recent piece for Asia Times, Desautels Professor Reuven Brenner shines a light on Canada鈥檚 VC culture, contrasting its sluggish returns with those of the US, which outstrips its northern neighbour across the border.
Among Best 40 Professors Under 40
For his engaging teaching and excellence in research, Professor Sebastien Betermier has been named by Poets & Quants as one of this year鈥檚 Best 40 Under 40 Professors.聽
Bannon, Plato and the decline of America
In a piece for the Asia Times, Desautels Professor Reuven Brenner looks at Trump aide Stephen K. Bannon鈥檚 view of history and how it forms his domestic and foreign strategy. Professor Brenner says that Bannon鈥檚 鈥済enerational view of history鈥� can be traced back to analogues in the ancient world, specifically those of Aristotle and Plato, not to mention the US founding fathers.
Desautels undergraduates secure a win at PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
Congratulations to Desautels BCom students Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian for winning the聽PRMIA Risk Management Challenge, marking a third consecutive victory for the Faculty. The team will advance to the International Risk Management Challenge in London, UK on April 7th, 2017 for a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000 USD.
Canada鈥檚 new 鈥榞reen鈥� economy
In Smiths Falls, Ontario, a former chocolate factory houses one of Canada鈥檚 biggest marijuana producers. Canopy Growth and its competitors are in a headlong rush to increase production and market share, and they will likely soon exceed the market for medical marijuana in Canada. But that鈥檚 no problem; the industry is looking ahead, toward the legalized recreational marijuana market promised by the Liberal Government.
Corruption, accountability and a bridge in Bangladesh
Desautels Faculty of Management Finance Professor Mo Chaudhury writes for The Daily Star that the court case surrounding the Padma Bridge project in Bangladesh 鈥攚hich has snared the World Bank, SNC-Lavalin and the Bangladeshi government 鈥攈as only served to highlight the need for greater accountability across the board in large development projects.
The philosopher and the tycoon, how Eric Hoffer Predicted the last election
In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Desautels Finance Professor Reuven Brenner examines the 1970 essay Whose Country Is America? by Eric Hoffer. Professor Brenner looks at how the essay seems to have predicted the tenor of the last US presidential election, as well as the histrionics that have rocked America since.
Macroeconomics, accountability and the 2008 financial crisis
In a recent essay for the inaugural issue of American Affairs, Desautels Faculty of Management professor Reuven Brenner writes that it is time to drop the macroeconomic myths that have been damaging us for decades, and put accountability back at the centre of our economy.
Professor Brenner marks launch of American Affairs
Professor Reuven Brenner of the Desautels Faculty of Management was in Manhattan, NY on February 21 to mark the inauguration of American Affairs, a quarterly journal of public policy and political thought for which he is a contributing writer and serves on the Advisory Board. The launch was hosted at the Harvard Club with guests such as Peter Thiel, former CEO and Co-Founder of PayPal.
An immigration amnesty could be a real problem-solver for the US
It鈥檚 difficult to get a handle on how many illegal immigrants there are in the US, but the estimated number is around 12 million, with just over half being from Mexico. Yes, there is a criminal element hidden in these numbers, but it is safe to say that the majority are working and may even have families. Rounding them up and shipping them home would be a major undertaking, and could cause friction with Mexico.
When statistics lie: politics and the US education system
For 2014-15, the graduation rate from US high schools hit a record 83%. As far as statistics go, that鈥檚 one that anyone would love, but there鈥檚 more going on than you鈥檇 think 鈥� and, according to Professor Reuven Brenner, politicians and bureaucracies can make a statistic say nearly anything.
Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal
础耻迟丑辞谤蝉:听Vallee, B., 聽Augustin, P., 聽Rich, P.
Publications: Harvard Business Publishing聽
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L茅galisation du cannabis: un appel 脿 Qu茅bec pour qu鈥檌l assure la distribution
A call for Quebec to get into pot distribution by academics and business peopleA cross-section of Quebec academics and organizations is calling on the provincial government to step up and take charge of recreational marijuana distribution as Ottawa moves closer to its goal of a legalised and regulated business model.
Who Are the Value and Growth Investors?
础耻迟丑辞谤蝉:听Betermier, S.,聽Calvet, L.E.,聽Sodini, P.
Publication: The Journal of Finance, Vol. 72, No. 1, 2017聽
础产蝉迟谤补肠迟:听
To Group or Not to Group? Evidence from Mutual Fund Databases
Authors: Saurin Patel and聽Sergei Sarkissian聽
Publication:聽Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis,聽Vol. 52, No. 5, 2017, pp. 1989-2021.
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