How financial firms choose partners

Finance Professor Laura Lindsey and her co-authors say that they are the first — to the best of their knowledge — to formalize an empirical model for testing economic theories concerning the formation of ties between firms.

Prepare for the CFA exam with a master's degree in finance

The Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) charter is one of the most recognized qualifications in finance. Whether you plan to work in the U.S. or internationally, a CFA will deliver skills you can take with you anywhere.

'The Big Short' evokes big tears, bad memories

Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice, relives the housing crash while watching the Oscar-nominated film “The Big Short” with The Arizona Republic’s Catherine Reagor.

Optimism in the Phoenix housing market

Optimism prevails in the Phoenix real estate market, according to expert Mike Orr, speaking at the Economic Club of Phoenix. Overall supply, which has been low, is now 77 percent of normal and rising fast, he said. But demand is 99 percent normal, which means prices are rising.

Study: Divesting from fossil fuel firms could cost colleges billions

Major universities that rely on large endowments could be hit hard by the recent shift towards divesting from fossil fuels.

Clawback provisions: Research shows the claws are not always sharp

In a USA Today article, Associate Professor of Finance Ilona Babenko reported on her research of 272 companies with clawback provisions.

Whom to vote for? Employees tend to follow their leader

Does your CEO influence your political views? You may be surprised by the staggering and perhaps alarming research findings.

Lesson of the century: Most US stocks can't even beat a T-bill

Research results reinforce the importance of portfolio diversification and show why many actively managed investments often underperform their benchmarks.

Diminishing returns: employee stock options in an acquisition

Mergers and acquisitions create and destroy massive amounts of money, and are hugely important to the financial world. Associate Professor of Finance Ilona Babenko’s recent research supplies a missing piece of the complex merger jigsaw puzzle.

Going private: Is it really a path to better performance?

A long line of academic research argues that privately owned companies should be better managed than their publicly owned counterparts. But recent research by Finance Professor Sreedhar Bharath calls this conventional wisdom into question.