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Jonathan Parker, Robert C. Merton Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan and co-director at the MIT GCFP, recently provided answers on [...]
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Laura Kodres, Senior Distinguished Fellow, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy
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What is the best mix of cash and credit assistance to combat the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, and what are the principles that should guide those choices? For policymakers [...]
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While Congress and the Administration wrestle with a massive $2 trillion response and many suggest expansive new loan programs, the simple way forward is to [...]
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As the Covid-19 pandemic brings the U.S. economy to a standstill, a severe drop in consumer demand is putting vast numbers of businesses at risk of bankruptcy, and millions of [...]
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Housing finance policy has been built during and for times of crisis. Just look at the long list of government actions related to the financing of housing [...]
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A group of top financial economists from universities around the country, including many of my colleagues at Sloan, released a letter this week urging Congress to [...]
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Edward L. Golding, Laura E. Kodres, and Deborah J. Lucas The 2008 financial crisis triggered a wave of new financial regulations, most notably as mandated by the Dodd Frank Act of 2010. That legislation recognized that existing regulations were inadequately designed to protect against systemic ri...
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A Financial Public Private Partnership to Cure Rare Diseases
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Chester Spatt, a distinguished senior fellow at the Golub Center, recently authored Proxy Advisory Firms, Governance, Market Failure, and Regulation in his capacity as a senior fellow at [...]
