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CLOSUP survey reveals that local officials are perplexed on Prop 1

Oct 12, 2018

On November 6, Michigan voters will have the option to either affirm or oppose Proposal 1, an amendment to the Michigan state constitution that will legalize the use of recreational marijuana. While public opinion polls convey support for the...

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Dominguez named to European economic committee

Oct 9, 2018

The Ford School’s Kathryn Dominguez, an economics professor, was named to the Advisory Scientific Committee (ASC) of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), which oversees financial systems of the European Union to mitigate and prevent systemic...

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Ford School research suggests refugee restrictions will harm Michigan’s economy

Sep 28, 2018

In line with his “America First” foreign policy, President Trump recently declared that the United States will limit the number of refugees permitted into the United States. Research from Global Detroit and the Ford School, however, shows how such...

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Bloomberg cites Catherine Hausman - oil executive pay disproportionate to oil price

Sep 21, 2018

In “How Oil Bosses Make Their Own Luck,” Bloomberg Opinion columnist Liam Denning reports that oil executive compensation continues to skyrocket in a disparate relation to oil prices. Instead of pay reflecting fluctuations in price, oil executives...

Dean Michael Barr sounds off: Washington politics put renters at risk

Sep 21, 2018

In a recent Market Watch article focusing on the lack of financial regulations in the housing market, Ford School Dean Michael Barr states that “Our politics in Washington right now are pushing us toward a set of steps that will make the financial...

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Michigan-Harvard team up to bolster Detroit economy, tackle nationwide opioid epidemic

Sep 14, 2018

The University of Michigan and Harvard University are forming two new partnerships designed to spur economic mobility and reduce poverty in Detroit, as well as combine resources and expertise in response to the national opioid...

Michael Barr's financial regulation textbook set for publication

Jul 31, 2018

Dean Michael S. Barr's textbook, Financial Regulation: Law and Policy 2d, written with coauthors Howell Jackson and Margaret Tahyar, will be released on August 6, 2018. Just two years after the publication of the first edition of Financial...

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Students publish 15th edition of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs

Jul 9, 2018

In June, Ford School graduate students announced the publication of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 15. The journal is available online here.MJPA is the Ford School's graduate student-run journal, dedicated to publishing innovative...

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Planet Money podcast on banking "stress tests" features Michael Barr

Jul 3, 2018

Dean Michael Barr is featured on a recent episode of The Indicator, a podcast from NPR's Planet Money. The episode, titled "Dungeons & Dragons & Balance Sheets," explored the origins, results, and future of annual "stress tests" for mid-sized to...

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Michael Barr quoted in Free Press on Bitcoin ATMs in low-income neighborhoods

Jun 29, 2018

Bitcoin ATMs in poor neighborhoods are "not a safe or sound way of providing financial services to low-income people," says Dean Michael Barr in an interview with Detroit Free Press journalist Susan Tompor. The article, titled "Bitcoin ATMs...

Shaefer in WaPo: Low federal spending on children in U.S. compared to other developed nations

May 18, 2018

H. Luke Shaefer is quoted in the Washington Post’s May 16 article, “The U.S. spends less on children than almost any other developed nation,” by Jeff Stein.The article presents the results of a new NBER working paper by Diane W. Schanzenbach and...

Behavioral Finance Symposium summary paper now available

May 17, 2018

On September 14-15, 2017, the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy and behavioral science research and design lab ideas42 brought together influential leaders from academia, government, nonprofits and the financial sector for...

Meghan Klaric’s (MPP ’18) “Villanova fans for Flint, MI” fundraiser featured in MLive

Apr 18, 2018

Passions were running high at the NCAA championship basketball game between the University of Michigan and Villanova University on April 2. But Meghan Klaric (MPP ’18) says some Villanova fans crossed the line when they hung a banner near campus...

Seefeldt talks about financial advice for low-income families in MarketWatch

Apr 9, 2018

Typical financial advice doesn’t always apply to families under constant financial pressure, writes Maria LaMagna in her April 3 article for MarketWatch: “Low-income families are getting terrible financial advice online.” Families who experience...

Deardorff in Consumer Reports: Tariffs won’t solve U.S. trade problems with China

Apr 2, 2018

Alan Deardorff talks trade relations in a March 22 Consumer Reports article by Octavio Blanco: “These products could get more expensive in a Trump trade war.” Blanco describes the Trump Administration’s proposal to impose tariffs on products from...

Melvyn Levitsky on what happens next after Russia’s presidential election

Apr 2, 2018

Melvyn Levitsky makes an appearance in Paul D. Shinkman's March 19 article on “The consequences of Putin’s victory” in U.S. News and World Report. Following Vladimir Putin’s win in the Russian presidential election, Shinkman writes, “[I]t’s yet...

Justin Wolfers’ social media engagement featured in University Record piece

Mar 19, 2018

A March 5 article by Safiya Merchant in The University Record, “#SocialScholars: Professors show power of public engagement,” highlights the growing use of social media among University of Michigan professors. Merchant writes that social media...

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Ford School grows strength in international development with two key faculty hires

Mar 14, 2018

Two outstanding scholars will join the Ford School this fall as assistant professors, both with expertise in international development. Yusuf Neggers is a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. He...

Dean Michael S. Barr writes Congress in American Banker op-ed to discourage re-write of Dodd-Frank Act

Mar 13, 2018

In a recent op-ed published in American Banker, Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr says the U.S. Senate’s new relief bill is a giveaway for large banks and weakens consumer protections.The bill is the first re-write of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, of...

On “Here and Now,” Dynarski talks student loan debt and solutions

Mar 1, 2018

Susan Dynarski was interviewed by Jeremy Hobson of NPR’s Here and Now for the February 27 segment: “Has student loan debt reached a crisis point?”For a “substantial minority” of student loan borrowers, Dynarksi tells Hobson, “there is a crisis.” She...

Mills: When is wind energy technology sustainable within rural communities?

Feb 27, 2018

The 2018 book The Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research includes a piece by Sarah Mills entitled: "Wind energy and rural community sustainability." Abstract Because it is a carbon-free source of electricity, wind energy is...

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Economics and finance

CLOSUP survey reveals that local officials are perplexed on Prop 1

Dominguez named to European economic committee

Ford School research suggests refugee restrictions will harm Michigan’s economy

Bloomberg cites Catherine Hausman - oil executive pay disproportionate to oil price

Dean Michael Barr sounds off: Washington politics put renters at risk

Michigan-Harvard team up to bolster Detroit economy, tackle nationwide opioid epidemic

Michael Barr's financial regulation textbook set for publication

Students publish 15th edition of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs

Planet Money podcast on banking "stress tests" features Michael Barr

Michael Barr quoted in Free Press on Bitcoin ATMs in low-income neighborhoods

Shaefer in WaPo: Low federal spending on children in U.S. compared to other developed nations

Behavioral Finance Symposium summary paper now available

Meghan Klaric’s (MPP ’18) “Villanova fans for Flint, MI” fundraiser featured in MLive

Seefeldt talks about financial advice for low-income families in MarketWatch

Deardorff in Consumer Reports: Tariffs won’t solve U.S. trade problems with China

Melvyn Levitsky on what happens next after Russia’s presidential election

Justin Wolfers’ social media engagement featured in University Record piece

Ford School grows strength in international development with two key faculty hires

Dean Michael S. Barr writes Congress in American Banker op-ed to discourage re-write of Dodd-Frank Act

On “Here and Now,” Dynarski talks student loan debt and solutions

Mills: When is wind energy technology sustainable within rural communities?

Farley on “Detroit: The emergence, decline and possible revitalization of a great city”

Whitman says big companies can "afford to do a little good" in Conversation op-ed

Join us in congratulating Paula Lantz, elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

Pilkauskas, colleagues measure assets among low-income families in the Great Recession

Stevenson, Owen in WSJ: “Yellen leaves the Fed--and a glass ceiling shattered”

Susan Dynarski on Michigan Radio's "Stateside": Ways to fix America’s student loan mess

Wolfers in New York Times: “Why women’s voices are scarce in economics”

DC circuit appeals court rules in favor of CFPB legitimacy, as argued by Barr et al

Hall & Reynolds pen chapter on “Financing the 2016 Congressional” in forthcoming book