SMU Adjunct Faculty Dr Larry Haverkamp highlighted the latest move by Japan’s Central Bank to adopt negative interest rates. He explained how the negative rates work and discussed the feasibility of…
In a commentary, SMU Adjunct Faculty Larry Haverkamp shared his insights on some interesting and unexpected trends in the market. He listed the rise and growing popularity of Airbnb, a concept he was…
In a special feature, SMU Associate Professor of Economics Anthony Tay pointed out that the primary purpose of macroeconomic forecasts is to convey the degree of uncertainty facing an economy. He…
In his weekly commentary, SMU Adjunct Faculty Larry Haverkamp discussed the possibility of another great depression in the making. He noted that falling stock prices are not serious enough to cause a…
SMU Associate Professor of Economics Tan Kim Song led an SMU team studying the skills gap in the five largest ASEAN economies. “The supply of adequately trained workers must be able to meet the…
In an excerpt from his article on the Tech in Asia website, SMU Economics undergraduate Koh Kang Liang wrote about the similarities between outdoor adventure sports and entrepreneurship, and how he…
SMU School of Economics Associate Dean (Faculty, Research) and Professor of Economics Hoon Hian Teck commented on the announcement that there will be 10,000 SkillsFuture courses on offer for more…
Assistant Professor Kim Seonghoon looks at early-life health shocks and their impact on the economy at large by taking a leaf out of history books.
Back to Research@SMU Issue 31
By Chin Wei…
“GameLead”, an app designed by SMU Senior Lecturer of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Dr Rani Tan, won two awards at the second annual Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education awards and…
In his weekly commentary, SMU Adjunct Faculty Larry Haverkamp considered what might maximise one’s likelihood of winning in investments. Firstly, the wealthy are known to actively seek out risk…
