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Dean Costis Maglaras’s message to the community on the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and the importance of fighting injustice and systemic racism.

A paper co-authored by Professor David Weinstein, CJEB’s director, was discussed in the Bloomberg article, Trade War Cut $1.7 Trillion From U.S. Market Caps: Study.

Real Conversations features current MBA students discussing their experiences in the MBA Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School and beyond…in their own words. The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate recently sat down with Angela Wang ’21 to discuss what led her to Columbia Business School, the leadership opportunities she’s pursuing in her first year, and where she sees herself in 10 years. Meet Angela!

Columbia Business School Study Finds that Households are Spending Stimulus Checks on Non-Durable Goods and Basic Needs, then Saving the Rest

Analyzing economic indicators and daily COVID-19 cases in China– the first country to face an outbreak – Columbia Business School research argues that the use of big data technology successfully removes this hard tradeoff between human casualties and economic costs.

CJEB’s Director, Professor David Weinstein, coauthored a paper titled, “The Effect of the U.S.-China Trade War on U.S. Investment.” The paper, which is published in CJEB’s Working Paper series, estimates the effect of U.S.-China tariff announcements on aggregate returns and the differential returns of firms exposed to China in order to identify their effect on treated and untreated firms. The paper can be found here.

Spencer Cohen, CC ’19, who was awarded the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Scholarship by CJEB’s nomination, wrote an article about his experience of the COVID-19 pandemic while studying in Japan and his decision to remain there to continue his studies. 緊急事態宣言、東大留学生たちの決断「それでも僕は東京に残る」(Newsweek Japan, 4/8/2020)

The Columbia Business School Real Estate Association (REA) is pleased to announce the board (Co-Presidents and Vice Presidents) for the 2020-21 academic year. The officers, all in the class of 2021, were elected by the REA membership. Meet the board!

Innovation is at an all-time high, but the economic damage from the COVID-19 outbreak has the potential to stifle inventions and patents. But new research shows that financial crises are both destructive and creative forces for innovation.

Working Paper from Columbia Business School Emphasizes the Need to Accelerate New Businesses, Not Just Protect Existing Ones, to Restore the U.S. Economy