Money and Finance
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Simple storytelling boosts financial literacy, study finds
New research by SIEPR’s Annamaria Lusardi shows the promising benefit of an online tool to improve adults’ financial knowledge by teaching the basics via two-minute stories.
June 04, 2025
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Scoping the trade war: New tool tracks company responses to tariffs, economic threats
SIEPR’s Antonio Coppola and Matteo Maggiori leverage AI to develop a way of measuring how companies are reacting to President Trump’s tariffs and other forms of economic pressure.
May 09, 2025
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Trump’s tariffs lead investors to question the future of the dollar
The dollar is typically a refuge in moments of uncertainty. SIEPR senior fellows Arvind Krishnamurthy and Hanno Lustig say this time is different.
May 08, 2025
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Procrastinating on this money move cost me thousands of dollars—actually doing it took 15 minutes
CNBC quotes SIEPR's Annamaria Lusardi on taking the time to make good financial decisions.
April 28, 2025
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SIEPR survey: Californians weigh in on home insurance crisis, economic outlook
Uncertainty about how to fix a faltering home insurance market was one of several findings from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research’s survey of California consumers
April 25, 2025
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Trump is coming for the Fed. What can stop him.
A new Barron’s op-ed by SIEPR’s Amit Seru reviews the economic stakes of President Trump seeking authority over the Federal Reserve.
April 21, 2025
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Crypto saw a savior in Trump. His personal ventures are undermining it instead.
Trump's recent initiatives in the cryptocurrency sector have introduced uncertainty and instability to the crypto market. SIEPR's Amit Seru weighs in via a new op-ed on Barron's.
March 27, 2025
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Could AI exuberance overheat the economy?
Chicago Fed’s Austan Goolsbee enthralled and enlightened as he opined on tariffs, AI’s surge, Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, and more at the 2025 SIEPR Economic Summit.
March 06, 2025
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Jamie Dimon on the US, global economic outlook: ‘It’s all inflationary’
True to form, the JPMorgan Chase CEO didn’t hold back at the 2025 SIEPR Economic Summit when discussing geopolitical risks, the ‘Hollywood Squares’ of remote work, AI, and more.
March 06, 2025
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We’re still learning from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure
Q&A: SIEPR senior fellows Peter DeMarzo and Arvind Krishnamurthy discuss their research that offers a new take on what happens to bank balance sheets when interest rates rise.
February 25, 2025
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Private equity should be wary of wooing retail investors
"The industry risks becoming just another overregulated public market," writes SIEPR's Amit Seru for The Financial Times.
February 14, 2025
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Contributions of SIEPR scholars in the Economic Report of the President
The 2025 report tapped the work of our scholars in its assessment of pressing economic policy issues ranging from global financial markets to remote work.
February 03, 2025
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Economic lookahead: What to expect on the global, US and California stages
Buckle up. With President Trump planning big changes for U.S. economic policy, SIEPR scholars go beyond the headlines to identify key issues everyone should be thinking about.
January 27, 2025
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Young investors’ support for ESG dropped dramatically in 2024
An annual survey conducted by SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru and Stanford researchers shows a steep decline in investor enthusiasm for environmental and social priorities.
January 16, 2025
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Wall Street regulation needs a rethink under Donald Trump
The US banking system is burdened by a convoluted regulatory architecture that leads to inefficiencies and arbitrage. SIEPR's Amit Seru has a new op-ed out in The Financial Times.
January 10, 2025
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Now on the College Course Menu: Personal Finance
More universities and colleges nationwide are offering courses in financial literacy. SIEPR's Annamaria Lusardi is a pioneer of the movement. Get the scoop via The New York Times.
January 10, 2025
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American veterans now receive absurdly generous benefits
An enormous rise in disability payments may complicate debt-reduction efforts. The Economist quotes SIEPR's Mark Duggan.
November 28, 2024
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What soccer fans can teach us about the rationale — and distortion — behind financial choices
Loyalty matters: SIEPR Faculty Fellow Kwabena Donkor finds that people align investment decisions with their identity and not only with potential profits.
November 26, 2024
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Research paper downloads act as proxy for academics’ real-world influence
An article in The Financial Times showcases the influence of research on decisions and innovation. A paper by SIEPR's Amit Seru on interest rates is cited as the "most downloaded."
November 07, 2024
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American innovation got slammed by the “temporary” end of a key tax incentive
A tax rule that was never supposed to go into effect has led U.S. companies to slash their R&D spending, SIEPR Senior Fellow Rebecca Lester finds.
October 25, 2024