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Research Spotlight: During the current upheaval in the credit market, a big question is whether the government should bail out financial institutions and, if so, what is the best way to do that. According to MIT Sloan Professor Jiang Wang, government bailouts — interventions to directly inject liquidity into the market — are not necessarily a good thing and can actually decrease market efficiency. More >>

Center of Attention: Fixing financial woes
Educating students and executives on how to apply financial technology in corporate settings has never been more critical. The Laboratory for Financial Engineering focuses on emerging techniques of financial engineering that have become indispensable to a wide spectrum of business activities, including investment banking, commercial banking, and corporate finance.
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In the News: “"There was hope with Cerberus, that they would add managerial skill, and turn Chrysler around,” Antoinette Schoar told The Times. “It's difficult to say whether the private equity firm did a good enough job, or, were they just caught in this?” More >>

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