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Read the latest news and research from University of Florida Warrington College of Business faculty, who are thought leaders in their respective fields and provide expert guidance in the classroom. Their research provides industry leaders and individuals with insights they can use in their careers and daily lives.

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Mark Jamison

The problems at the FTC go beyond losing merger battles

Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison shares his insights on the troubling state of the FTC, which raises valid concerns about the direction of antitrust enforcement and the agency’s declining respect for free markets and individual

Megan Mocko

Continuing a global impact through virtual exchange

I teach QMB 3250, Statistics for Business Decisions. In this course, we talk about ANOVA and regression, but students also get an opportunity to participate in a virtual exchange. A virtual exchange (VE) is when two instructors from different institutions

John Banko

2023’s Best & Worst Cities for First-Time Home Buyers

Wells Fargo Faculty Fellow, Instructional Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Wealth Management Program John Banko shares his expert insights into popular questions related to buying a home for the first time.  See what Banko advises on choosing

Jay Ritter

Trump’s SPAC deal tests stock-market faithful with clock ticking

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter comments on Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special-purpose acquisition company that’s seeking to take Trump’s nascent media company public. While Digital World recently struck a tentative agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to end

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Most popular news from Warrington this year, so far

As we close in on the halfway point of 2023, we can’t help but reflect on all the extraordinary happenings of Business Gators so far. Check out what the Warrington community has been thinking about and going after in the

Jay Ritter

Influencer backlash is the latest threat to fast-fashion giant Shein’s IPO plans

The retailer’s China junket for social media creators revived bad press about working conditions. The hubbub threatens Shein’s attempts to go public in New York, which the company began planning in 2020 with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other investment

Sehoon Kim and Nitish Kumar

University of Florida finance faculty research among most read, according to Financial Times

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Inquiring academic and business minds into the latest and greatest research are looking to the work of two University of Florida Warrington College of Business faculty members for impactful insights into finance-related sustainability topics. Assistant Professors Sehoon

Amanda Phalin

Florida is now America’s inflation hotspot

In Florida, the state’s growing population has been pushing up inflation – particularly via housing costs. It’s a trend that accelerated during the pandemic, when remote work gave some Americans the freedom to relocate, economists say. “A lot of people

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How to optimize online sales with a hybrid product recommendation

When you search for products online, one of the ways in which retailers return results is through collaborative filters (CF), an algorithmic product recommendation system. Also known as “wisdom of the crowd” recommendations, CF systems are used to optimize website

Jay Ritter

Nvidia has investors wondering: How long can a stock grow faster than the market?

Few companies grow at above-average rates for more than a year or two. Or, as the late British economist and philosopher John Maynard Keynes famously put it, trees don’t grow to the sky. This is especially important to remember now,

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