Capital Ideas (video)

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Capital Ideas summarizes research conducted by the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The series covers selected papers on Chicago Price Theory with topics including: Corporate Governance, Decision Research, Entrepreneurship, Labor Economics/Human Resources, Macroeconomic…

Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory


    • Apr 4, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 9m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    The Risk of Stocks in the Long Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2012 5:58


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Lubos Pastor, professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses how contrary to conventional wisdom, stocks are riskier in the long run.

    Balancing Incentives

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2012 5:30


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stavros Panageas, assistant professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses how contracts with distorted payoffs should encourage a long-term view to offset risk shifting, which can occur when firms face financial distress.

    Measuring Long-Run Risk

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2012 4:38


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. John C. Heaton, professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses what happens when "consumption strikes back" and how fundamental economic variables regain importance in explaining risk premiums in stock markets. He also discusses how a decline in the stock market today may reflect an underlying shock to the economy that will not dissipate quickly and will have an impact over a long horizon.

    The Evolution of Categories within Organizations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2012 7:12


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth G. Pontikes, Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about her research on the evolution of categories and identity within organizations.

    Adjusting from a Regime of Easy Credit to One of Tight Credit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2012 10:16


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Veronica Guerrieri, associate professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses the "sharp contraction" that occurred following the late-2000s financial crisis.

    The Price of Privacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2012 16:43


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Burhaneddin Sandıkçı, Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research recently published by him on "The Price of Privacy."

    Managing a Portfolio of Supply Contracts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2012 7:08


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dan Adelman, Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research he recently published, "Optimal Mix: Managing a Portfolio of Supply Contracts."

    Strategic Links

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2011 12:05


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Chad Syverson, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks about research recently published by him and Ali Hortaçsu - "Strategic Links: Why Firms Own Production Chains

    Sociology at Chicago Booth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2011 11:59


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu.

    Minding the Racial Wage Gap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2009 10:54


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. For a long time, economists doubted that racial bias of white employers was a significant factor in explaining black workers' lower wages relative to whites. New research revisits this issue and finds evidence as to why prejudice deserves more weight in the debate.

    The Power of TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2009 10:26


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Emily Oster, assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago Department of Economics explains how turning on the television can be a simple yet influential way of improving a woman's standing in rural India.

    Preventing HIV in Africa: Understanding Sexual Behavior Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2009 7:37


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Roughly 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV, and the number is growing. Since 9095 percent of HIV infections in Africa result from heterosexual sex,understanding changes in heterosexual behavior in response to rising HIV rates is crucial to developing effective prevention strategies. In the new study 'HIV and Sexual Behavior Change: Why Not Africa?' Emily Oster, Becker Fellow for the Gary S. Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and Assistant Professor of Economics, analyzes the apparent lack of behavioral response among Africans. Most prior estimates of behavioral response have focused on very limited and specialized populations.

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