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 [...]

In an article in The Hill, Bob Pozen explores how the recently enacted Cares Act has tax provisions that favor wealthy investors and large companies. There is proposed legislation now in Congress to [...]

Deborah J. Lucas, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance and Director, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy Refet A. Gürkaynak, Professor of Economics and Department Chair, Bilkent University

Haoxiang Zhu, Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management; Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research; Faculty Affiliate of the MIT GCFP and the […]

Edward Golding (MIT), Laurie Goodman (Urban Institute), and Jun Zhu (Indiana University and Urban Institute)

Addressing the role of FHFA in dismantling racial discrimination within the U.S. housing finance system

This blog post is based on a talk presented at the Shadow Open Market Committee on February 11, 2022. The opinions expressed are my own and not those of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy.

With employers filling 60 percent fewer management positions and otherwise guaranteed internship opportunities succumbing to budget cuts amid the COVID-19 pandemic, students at MIT Sloan were scrambling ahead of the summer of 2020.

Gilt Market Dysfunction and Liability-Driven Investment (LDI) - A Progress Report

Governments worldwide increasingly rely on contingent claims such as deposit insurance, too-big-to-fail guarantees, credit support for firms and households, and disaster insurance to accomplish policy goals. What are the micro- and macro-economic consequences of [...]