The Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) at the MIT Sloan School of Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Chester Spatt as a Distinguished Senior Fellow to lead the Center’s research on regulation of financial markets and institutions. In addition to playing a substantial role i...
Laura Kodres, Senior Distinguished Fellow, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy
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 [...]
On Wednesday, March 15 at noon, the Golub Center for Finance and Policy hosted Professor Jasmina Hasanhodzic of Babson College in a special research seminar. Professor Hasanhodzic presented her paper “Valuing Government Obligations When Markets are Incomplete” (joint work with Laurence Kotlikoff).
MAY 4 – 2023 “BankThink: No, FHFA is not encouraging a race to the bottom.” Recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, acting in its capacity as conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, made some modest changes in the pricing of mortgage risk. These modest changes [...]
Eight students in MIT Sloan's Proseminar in Capital Markets/Investment Management develop a new tool for measuring the real economy.
This alumna-founded health care startup is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate soothing sounds for infants and translate their cries for parents.
Robert Merton (School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics and GCFP co-director) has long advocated for better ways to save for retirement. His concept of Retirement Security Bonds (RSB’s) would allow [...]
For too long, startup funding in emerging markets has been fragmented and insufficient, leaving entrepreneurs without the right financial instruments to grow. In her latest blog, Salma Baghdadi challenges this status quo and issues a call to action for ecosystem builders, investors, and policymakers...
It is with great pleasure that I transition to my new role as the inaugural executive director of MIT’s Center for Finance and Policy (CFP). As someone who has focused on government financial institutions for many years, I welcome this new beginning as a chance to direct sunlight towards a unique se...
