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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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Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Yuehua Tang

ChatGPT is better at predicting how stocks will react to news headlines than traditional models, new study shows

ChatGPT can’t see the future, but it already has value for investors looking to predict future moves in the stock market. That’s according to a new research paper published in the Social Science Research Network by Assistant Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Emerson-Merrill Lynch Associate

Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Yuehua Tang

ChatGPT may be able to predict stock movements, finance professors show

In a new working paper, Assistant Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira and Emerson-Merrill Lynch Associate Professor Yuehua Tang find that large language models may be useful when forecasting stock prices. They used ChatGPT to parse news headlines for whether they’re good or

Warrington Top Scientists 2023

Warrington faculty listed among top scientists in the world

Numerous Warrington faculty have ranked among the top 2% of most influential scientists in the world, according to a recent study by researchers at Stanford University.  The study includes eight Warrington faculty who made the career list, based on their

Woman online shopping on smart phone fashion clothes at home

Why you’re still getting irrelevant ads, according to research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Imagine you’re in search of a new car. You’ve seen a Subaru model that interests you, so you decide to look it up online for more details. After some brief research, you quickly decide the Subaru isn’t

The 14 tenure-track faculty members of Warrington's Department of Management. From left: Joyce Bono, John Chen, Larry DiMatteo, Robert Emerson, Amir Erez, Aaron Hill, Yixuan Li, Klodiana Lanaj, Gwen Lee, David Gaddis Ross, Brian Swider, Robert Thomas, Mo Wang and Nan Zhang.

UF Warrington management department No. 1 in productivity per faculty again

The 14 tenure-track faculty members of the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business are the most prolific group of research producers per faculty on the Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of Management Department Research

Robert Emerson

Robert Emerson presenting at Franchise Times Legal Eagles Virtual Summit

Huber Hurst Professor of Business Law Robert Emerson shares his franchising insights as part of a panel discussion on The Law and Economics of Franchising at the Franchise Times Legal Eagles Virtual Summit on April 12. The free virtual summit

Michael Mayberry and Scott Rane

Executive compensation incentives influence firms’ conforming tax avoidance, research finds

The line between tax avoidance and tax evasion is often very thin. “What we’re showing is that one unintended consequence of executives’ compensation contract design is lower profits, and this leads to lower taxes paid. But if you’re a shareholder

Mo Wang

Speaking of Psychology: What does modern retirement look like? With Mo Wang

Forget the stereotype of a goodbye party in the break room followed by endless days on the golf course. Today, workers are staying on the job longer and taking on more “bridge employment,” or post-retirement jobs. Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Mo

A lake in the shape of a rising graph in the middle of untouched nature symbolizing the growing interest in ecology and nature conservation. 3d rendering.

Mutual funds generate better returns with thematic investing

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Risky, trendy, volatile. These are just a few recent descriptions of thematic investing, an emergent investment strategy that focuses on using research to identify companies relevant to themes or trends created by the impact of economic, technological

John Banko sitting at his desk.

Back and back again to the Swamp

Dr. John Banko is the first to be featured in our new Faculty Spotlight series. He shares his journey to becoming a professor and faculty member at the Warrington College of Business and how he is using his role to

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