Cannabis legalization and private enterprise in Quebec
This summer, the Quebec government will be running consultations into how legalized cannabis will be sold in Quebec. For Ottawa, the aim is that the provinces will regulate sales, hopefully with public health as the ultimate goal.
Female deans share advice for young women graduating from business schools
For convocation season, Poets & Quants asked several female deans of business schools what the current crop of new female grads should think about as they start out in the high-octane world of business, whether they鈥檙e entering the workforce or striking out on their own.
Desautels professor on Bangladesh Government鈥檚 bank-deposits tax
In a recent piece for The Daily Star, Desautels professor Mo Chaudhury calls the tax on bank deposits in the Government of Bangladesh鈥檚 2017-18 budget a bad call, and gives six examples that outline exactly why. He acknowledges the ongoing budgetary challenges faced by the country, but counters that taxing bank deposits may send savers towards stocks, real-estate or even the black market, which will just compound the problem.
Short seller鈥檚 morning tweet seems to sink shares of two Canadian companies
After of a sell-off of shares in two Canadian companies was apparently triggered by a short seller鈥檚 morning tweet, Desautels professor Ken Lester derided the tweet, saying that 鈥淭here鈥檚 no recourse. People can just put out whatever they want on the Internet.鈥�
Toward a New Bretton Woods Agreement
Desautels Professor of Finance, Reuven Brenner, was recently published in American Affairs Journal, a quarterly journal of public policy and political thought.
2016-17 Desautels Teaching Awards
Congratulations to Professor Juan Serpa and Professor Sujata Madan who have been selected as the recipients of the聽2016-17 Desautels Faculty Teaching Award聽for聽Undergraduate聽and聽Graduate聽teaching, respectively.聽
Movies that MBAs can learn from: professors have their say
Poets and Quants recently asked business educators to name their top picks for films from which MBAs could learn a lesson or two. The range of movies mentioned was wide, and included some films that do not, at first, seem to be obvious choices. So, while films like The Wolf of Wall Street, 1986鈥檚 Gung-Ho, and Margin Call show up on the list, some professors give the nod to movies like Zootopia and The Godfather.
Metaphor, literacy and 鈥榝ake news鈥�
Desautels Professor Reuven Brenner writes in a recent Asia Times op-ed that, as societies become literate, earlier metaphors become codified as literal truths, much to the detriment of those societies and the cultures that exist within them.
As feds unveil pot legalization plans, producers鈥� shares slip
Ottawa has released its plan to legalize marijuana, and the hit on big cannabis shares has been heavy. Concerns about how fast the government is moving to squeeze out illegal producers, a law-enforcement-heavy public announcement and a feeling that the government is stepping back from its plans for an industrial-scale market are leaving investors with questions.
Desautels achieves second consecutive win at PRMIA
Congratulations to Desautels undergraduate students: Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian who won the top prize at the prestigious PRMIA International Risk Management Challenge- marking a second consecutive victory for the Faculty at this competition.
Marijuana sector likely to constrict as it matures
Desautels Professor Ken Lester was interviewed on BNN about the commodification of marijuana post-legalization. He discussed product choice, the question of how branding might be constrained by the impending legislation, and the tricky taxation line that the governments will have to trace in order to not send consumers back to the black market.
James Rickards and the end of the economy
A recent Forbes book review delves into James Rickards鈥� The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites鈥� Secret Plan For The Next Financial Crisis, which makes the case that there is a big-ticket financial collapse coming, one that dwarfs the 2008 recession. Rickards lays much of the blame on macroeconomics, drawing a parallel between it and astrology.
Les pr茅dictions 茅conomiques prosp猫rent sur des mod猫les qui ne fonctionnent pas
The permanent forecasting market and its fallout聽A piece in Contrepoints takes the whole practise of regular GDP forecasting to task for being based on flawed economic models, referencing Desautels Professor Reuven Brenner鈥檚 article in the inaugural issue of American Affairs, in which he calls for the abandonment of macroeconomics in favour of a more accountability-based model.
Desautels Assistant Professor named to prestigious list
The 2017 edition of Poets and Quants鈥� Best 40 Under 40 Professors list is out, and on it are four teachers at Canadian institutions 鈥� including Desautels Assistant Professor Sebastien Betermier. Professor Betermier teaches investment management and has been nominated for the Desautels Distinguished Teaching Award four times.
Overreaction to extreme market events and investor sentiment
Authors: Piccoli, P., Chaudhury, M.聽
Publication: Applied Economics Letters
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