Research

Why Finance Gets Big. And Why It's Not a Problem

A new research paper by Nicola Gennaioli, joint with Andrei Shleifer, and Robert Vishny, shows that preservation of wealth is a key driving factor that makes the financial sector increasingly important even in mature economies

Academics from All Over the World Participated in the 23rd Annual Capital Markets Conference

The meeting was hosted by the Department of Accounting

Protection and Labor Market Segmentation

De Stefano explains why labor market reforms adopted in various European States did not reach their declared goals

Nearly $300 bln to Spend and Too Much Competition. That's Why European Private Equity Moves Slowly

A paper by Baffi Carefin Center's Stefano Gatti and Carlo Chiarella in joint with Goldman Sachs analyzes 31,792 deals and explains why corporate takeovers prevail on buyouts in today market a' and how things could change

Education Improves Women's Status in Muslim Countries, but up to a Point

An analysis conducted by Selim Gulesci with Erik Meyersson highlights that an increase in female schooling in Turkey translates into a reduction in indicators of religious expression and in more decision rights in marriage and family planning, but it's not a magic bullet towards emancipation

Electoral Reform and the Primaries: An American Lesson

On Thursday 14 Harvard political scientist James Snyder will be the guest speaker of the Dondena Lecture with a talk about the conditions under which the primary elections prove to be positive to democratic life