For a new study, Assistant Professor Gustavo Cortes and Yale School of Management’s Cameron LaPoint painstakingly assembled a dataset tracking local building permits over the last century. Again and again, they found, peaks in the issuing of permits preceded periods
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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.
Mark Jamison | The Case for a Smarter Antitrust Policy
By restoring clarity and rigor to antitrust enforcement, the incoming administration can protect competition without punishing success, argues Mark Jamison, Gunter Professor and Public Utility Research Center Director. Read Jamison’s full op-ed in The National Review.

The Washington Post | Truth Social investors hoped to get ‘very rich’ after Trump’s win. Not quite.
Trump Media & Technology Group’s revenue and share price have sagged as its losses have piled up. The president-elect’s return to the White House could complicate things even more. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares his insights in this story
USA Today | Trump’s social media company in talks to buy crypto firm Bakkt, FT reports
Donald Trump’s social media company ended the trading day up Monday on reports it’s looking to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt. Shares of Bakkt, backed by NYSE-owner Intercontinental Exchange, skyrocketed more than 160% and were halted multiple times due to volatility.
Underwater academic
Most academics start their careers inside the classroom. Associate Professor Trevor Foulk started his in the ocean. The new faculty member and alumnus of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business was making waves in his career as a
Marketing to businesses has never been clearer
Thanks to Clinical Assistant Professor Michael Carrillo, a new textbook is benefitting the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’s business-to-business (B2B) marketing course. Carrillo’s digital textbook, B2B Marketing: Strategic Foundations and Global Applications, hit the internet earlier this year,
The IPO window could reopen after 2 brutal years amid Trump trade ‘exuberance’
Investors have been waiting for the US IPO market to thaw after two challenging years. Donald Trump’s election win may help do just that. Since Trump’s victory last week, the stocks of investment banking leaders including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan,
Klarna IPO emerges as fintechs gain traction and bankers signal more interest in stock debuts
Klarna, the buy-now-pay-later company, aims to tap into revival of interest in stocks like Affirm and SoFi with its recent IPO. With shares of other financial-technology, or fintech, companies such as Sofi Technologies Inc. on fire in recent weeks and
Information systems assistant professor receives early career award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Assistant Professor Shu He of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is a recipient of this year’s INFORMS Information Systems Society Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award. In memory of the late Sandra A. Slaughter,
ISOM associate professor honored for early career achievements
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Associate Professor Emre Demirezen of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is a recipient of the 2024 INFORMS Information Systems Society Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award. In memory of the late Sandra A. Slaughter,