Want fairness across generations? Reduce investment risk, benefit payouts
What is fair? It’s a serious question for policy makers whose decisions affect the economic and environmental well-being of current constituents and generations to come.... Read More
Dean Emeritus Bradford inducted into Minority Business Hall of Fame
William Bradford, dean emeritus and professor of finance at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has been inducted into the Minority Business Hall... Read More
Old news? Inattentive investors create opportunity for savvy arbitrageurs
Economic news drives the financial markets up or down. But what if the news is not actually new? A study co-authored by Thomas Gilbert of the... Read More
Dominant shareholder incentives affect the cost of corporate borrowing
A paper by Paul Malatesta, a professor of finance at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, on the cost of corporate borrowing has... Read More
Lance Young wins 2011 PACCAR Award for Excellence in Teaching
Lance Young, an assistant professor of finance at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has received the 2011 PACCAR Award for Excellence in... Read More
Private equity creates long-term value
In his bestselling 2009 book, “The Buyout of America,” New York Post columnist Josh Kosman paints a grim picture of private equity firms running amok,... Read More
Bribery penalties sting less than penalties for other financial misconduct
Foreign bribery can be big business—and business as usual in many parts of the world. It’s also the target of increasing enforcement action by the... Read More
Gilbert wins 2010 Paccar Award for Excellence in Teaching
Thomas Gilbert, an assistant professor of finance at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has won the 2010 Paccar Award for Excellence in... Read More
Young wins Fama-DFA Prize for top research in asset pricing
Lance Young, an assistant professor of finance at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has won the Fama-DFA Prize for the past year’s... Read More
The decade’s worst financial scandals
Jonathan Karpoff is no stranger to scandal. The University of Washington Foster School of Business professor of finance is one of the nation’s foremost experts... Read More