New study takes a fresh look at the value of education.

Gary A. Anderson

In business and academic circles, few would dispute that education offers added value to individuals and to the communities where they live and work.
But how do you put a price on that …

Insurance expert reflects on a changing industry.

An audience of 85 people attended the second Herbert A. Wertheim Lecture of the fall, 2006 series, presented by Bernard John Daenzer, CPCU, JD, and chairman of Daenzer Associates. He spoke on “The …

Study helps show what’s in store for shopping center rents.

William G. Hardin III

Understanding the rent potential of shopping centers has consequences for developers and retailers alike. As developers determine where to build or redevelop and as tenants weigh their options for where to locate, …

College finance professor helps banks track terrorist financing.

The words of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s secret source Deep Throat to “follow the money” in their Watergate investigation resonate today with multiple law enforcement agencies as they try to uncover money-laundering schemes and …

Sophisticated computer model adds to knowledge about the impacts of hurricanes on insurance costs.

Shahid Hamid, professor in the Department of Finance in the College of Business Administration, director of Florida International University’s International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC)’s Laboratory for Financial, Insurance, and Economic Research, and lead investigator on …

Model helps investors and analysts evaluate stock prices.

William Welch

When is the price of a stock too high to be justified?
That is a question that investors and analysts alike need to answer as they make investment decisions. In the 1990s, a number …