Ritsu Kitagawa, a recipient of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) Doctoral Fellowship and a current student in the PhD Program in both the Department of Economics and Columbia Business School, co-authored a working paper that was featured in the Nikkei piece “AIが変える資本市場のエコシステム 人間の居場所はどこだ.” Read the full article here: https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCD181TV0Y6A910C2000000/?n_cid=dsapp_share_iosThe referenced working paper uses employee review data from OpenWork to measure the organizational capital of Japanese firms, building on recent work using Glassdoor. Database access through CJEB was an important resource for this research. The paper was co-authored with Akseli Palomäki, a graduate student at Columbia University, and Kaede Hanazawa, a graduate student at the University of Tokyo. Read the working paper here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6170327AIが変える資本市場のエコシステム 人間の居場所はどこだ (How AI Is Transforming the Capital Market Ecosystem: Where Is the Place for Humans?) (Nikkei, 9/27/2026)Note: Articles with titles in Japanese are unofficially translated into English by CJEB.
Brett House, a Columbia University economist, is quoted in this AP piece running on ABC News, "Investors prosper and consumers pay as the Iran war exacts an uneven economic toll 6 months in" (August 30, 2026). He's cited in the "Loser: Anyone on the move" section on airfares, saying fuel surcharges and higher ticket prices are unlikely to be rolled back soon because reduced airline competition and choice mean less pressure to bring fares back down.
Mentioned Faculty
Brett House
Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business
Brett House, a Columbia University economist, is quoted in this AP piece running on Fortune, "Six months into the Iran war, the global economy has pulled off a 'Mission Impossible' scene, and the Trump family is among the winners" (August 30, 2026). He's cited in the "Loser: Anyone on the move" section on airfares, saying fuel surcharges and higher ticket prices are unlikely to be rolled back soon because reduced airline competition and choice mean less pressure to bring fares back down.
Mentioned Faculty
Brett House
Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business
Brett House, a Columbia University economist, is quoted in this AP piece running in The Boston Globe, "Investors prosper and consumers pay as the Iran war exacts an uneven economic toll 6 months in" (August 30, 2026). He's cited in the "Loser: Anyone on the move" section on airfares, saying fuel surcharges and higher ticket prices are unlikely to be rolled back soon because reduced airline competition and choice mean less pressure to bring fares back down.
Mentioned Faculty
Brett House
Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business
Brett House, an economics professor at Columbia Business School, is quoted in this CNBC piece, "Bond yields are climbing. Here's what that means for mortgages and other consumer borrowing" (August 18, 2026). He's cited on how rising Treasury yields feed through to consumer borrowing costs, noting that many rates pass through to consumers almost immediately since variable and some fixed-rate loans reset daily.
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Brett House
Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business
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Angela Lee
Franklin Pitcher Johnson Jr. Professor of Professional Practice of Finance and Economics
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Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate
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Sheena Iyengar
S. T. Lee Professor of Business; Chair of Management Division
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Nicole DeHoratius
Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business
Decision, Risk, and Operations Division
Faculty Director, Sustainable Operations Initiative, Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change.
Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
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Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate