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Representing Cornell University, Prof. Shanjun Li co-organized a Workshop in Economics of Environment, Energy and Climate at Peking University on April 7-8, 2018. He presented his evidence-based research entitled “Transportation Policies and Equilibrium Sorting: Evidence from Beijing.” Shanjun Li’s three graduate students from Cornell University (Avralt-Od Purevjav, Rhiannon Jerch and Jing Qian) also participated in the workshop. […]

On April 27th, 2018 the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) will host the first EMI Alumni Day at the Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech. The event serves to celebrate the work of the class of 2017 and 2018 Cornell Tech EMI Fellows. When?April 27, 20184:30PM – 6:30PM Where?Cornell TechTata Innovation Center, room 32711 West Loop […]

By Crosby Fish MBA ’18, Navdeep Singh Cornell Tech MBA, and James Godbout MBA ’18 The subject of emerging markets can be so broad and complex that it is sometimes difficult to understand how to think about opportunity and prioritization in the world’s fastest-growing economies. Clearly, the pace of growth and rapidly increasing standards of […]

by Carlos Serquen, MBA ’18 Venezuela will Create New ‘Petro’ Cryptocurrency The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, announced the creation of a Venezuelan cryptocurrency called the “Petro.” He mentioned that the Petro will help achieve monetary sovereignty, make financial transactions, and most important, fight inflation and overcome the financial blockade. Venezuela’s current situation The economic […]

by Brian Balduzzi, MBA ’18 Introduction Tax experts have long proposed using taxation to alleviate inequality and redistribute income within developing countries (Lustig, 2016). Recent scholarship suggests that adopting and implementing a personal income tax system for developing countries, modeled after that of developed countries, ignores some of the key differences between these two types […]

by Farouk Appiedu, MBA ’17 With a population of 28.2 million, Ghana is considered one of the world’s fastest-growing economies—if not the fastest growing economy in Africa in 2018[1] — and is among the most stable African countries, marked with relatively low corruption and high political stability. Ghana’s $42.69 billion economy (ranked 85th in the […]

Making data smarter, from the UK’s “silicon suburb” and beyond Meredith Amdur isn’t very often at a loss for words. But ask her what she’s passionate about in her career, and she pauses. Her path to becoming CEO of Rhetorik Solutions, a data analytics company headquartered outside of London, has taken a rambling tour of […]