Faculty Media Mentions

As war in Ukraine continues and the threat of other conflicts around the world looms, The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. policy makers must now grapple with constraints of consolidation and a supply chain built for yesterday's threat environment. George Mason University's Jerry McGinn, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting, weighs in on the challenges and impact of industry consolidation in this video report.

In an article for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog, Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer and student Zihan Chen investigate whether index funds with lower tracking error have better or worse post-tax performance.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer is quoted in this Fortune article.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer and student researchers look at the difference in posttax returns between mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in this Wall Street Journal column. 

Colleges and universities can commit their land or endowment funds to kick-start local affordable-housing efforts, according to a report co-authored by Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship.

In this piece for CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor blog, Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer and students Zihan Chen and Yuyi Shi examined the relationship between where bitcoin mining was conducted and how the performance of the local equity markets correlated with bitcoin prices. 

Mehmet Altug, associate professor of information systems and operations management, comments on the potential visious cycle retailers may find themselves in when offloading excess inventory at low prices in an article for Modern Retail.

Accounting Instructor Kevin Matthews was quoted in TheStreet in an article about good tax breaks to take.

Assistant professor Sarah Wittman talks about her research "Job Transitions and the Lingering Identity" on an episode of the Workplace Perspective podcast.

Accounting Instructor Kevin Matthews comments on the IRS' taxpayer service in this piece for Accounting Today.

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer shares insignts about IRAs in this piece for TheStreet.com.

Sarah Wittman, assistant professor of management, appeared on an episode of The Fix podcast to discuss her research on how work plays a huge role in shaping our identities, relationships, and sense of belonging.