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Reflections from a Graduating Jacobs Scholar: Q&A with Zachary Long

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Zachary Long, a Jacobs Scholar for the 2023-2024 school year and graduating MBA at Wharton Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs, G’79, GRW’86, co-founder of Jacobs Levy Equity Management The Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholars in Quantitative Finance is an academic award dedicated to exceptional students entering their second year of the…Read More

How U.S. Workers are Impacted by International Taxation

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There is a belief among policymakers that a lower foreign tax burden of domestic multinational firms will result in more jobs and increased wages at home. Daniel Garrett, assistant professor of finance at Wharton, challenges this belief in his 2024 paper, "Effects of International Tax Provisions on Domestic Labor Markets,"…Read More

Foreign Investors and their USD Holdings

Wharton assistant professor of finance Amy Huber

Over the past two decades, foreign investors have increased their holdings of USD securities – but by how much? Amy Wang Huber, assistant professor of finance at Wharton, gets to the bottom of dollar asset holding and hedging around the globe in her paper, co-authored with Wenxin Du, and part…Read More

The “Growth Stock” Misnomer

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This fall has been productive for Sean Myers, an assistant professor of finance at Wharton. His 2022 paper, The Return of Return Dominance: Decomposing the Cross-section of Prices co-authored with Ricardo De la O and Xiao Han has recently won the Rodney L. White Center’s 2022 Marshall Blume First Prize in…Read More