Gary A. Anderson In business and academic circles, few would dispute that education offers added value to individuals and to the communities where they live and work. But how do you put a price on that value? Numerous published studies address how—and how much—education contributes to income. Indeed, vast theoretical and empirical research at both […]
Tag: Department of Finance
Insurance expert reflects on a changing industry.
An audience of 85 people attended the second Herbert A. Wertheim Lecture of the fall, 2006 series, presented by Bernard John Daenzer, CPCU, JD, and chairman of Daenzer Associates. He spoke on “The Incredible Growth of Professional Risk Management in the Last Fifty Years.” He should know. He’s been a major player all that time. […]
Study helps show what’s in store for shopping center rents.
William G. Hardin III Understanding the rent potential of shopping centers has consequences for developers and retailers alike. As developers determine where to build or redevelop and as tenants weigh their options for where to locate, the question of which spaces can expect to command premium rents—and why—needs careful attention. Research by William G. Hardin […]
College finance professor helps banks track terrorist financing.
The words of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s secret source Deep Throat to “follow the money” in their Watergate investigation resonate today with multiple law enforcement agencies as they try to uncover money-laundering schemes and terrorist financing. John Zdanowicz For sixteen years, John Zdanowicz, professor, Department of Finance, in the college, has worked with data […]
Sophisticated computer model adds to knowledge about the impacts of hurricanes on insurance costs.
Shahid Hamid, professor in the Department of Finance in the College of Business Administration, director of Florida International University’s International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC)’s Laboratory for Financial, Insurance, and Economic Research, and lead investigator on the project. Researchers who worked on the model, International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) affiliates and board members, and other […]
Model helps investors and analysts evaluate stock prices.
William Welch When is the price of a stock too high to be justified? That is a question that investors and analysts alike need to answer as they make investment decisions. In the 1990s, a number of company’s stocks were priced very high relative to their free cash flow—what a company generates through its operations […]