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Fifth Annual Municipal Finance Conference

On July 12, this year’s Municipal Finance Conference will be held for the first time at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.   The other sponsors are the Brandeis International Business School and the Olin Business School at Washington University in … Continue reading

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Fourth Annual Municipal Finance Conference

I hope you can join us in Boston this summer at the Fourth Annual Municipal Finance Conference.  The conference will be hosted on August 7 by Brandeis International Business School and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.  The conference has evolved … Continue reading

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2014 Municipal Finance Conference

The Bond Buyer, the Brandeis International Business School, and the Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance will host the 2014 Municipal Finance Conference from July 31 to August 1, 2014 in Boston.  Now in its third year, the conference fosters communication between … Continue reading

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Pitfalls to a Proposed Market Reform?

In 2012, I moderated a session at Brandeis International Business School’s Municipal Finance Conference.  In this session, Professor Andrew Ang of Columbia Business School presented a proposal to create a nonprofit independent advisory firm—CommonMuni—that would reduce borrowing costs for municipalities … Continue reading

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Agenda Set for 2013 Municipal Finance Conference

The agenda is now set for the 2013 Municipal Finance Conference, sponsored by The Bond Buyer and Brandeis International Business School.  The conference will be held August 1-2, 2013 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. As a member of the organizing … Continue reading

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2013 Municipal Finance Conference

The Bond Buyer and Brandeis International Business School will host the 2013 Municipal Finance Conference on August 1-2, 2013 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.  The conference will bring together academics, practitioners, regulators and issuers to discuss the functioning of … Continue reading

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Municipal Finance Conference at Brandeis

The Brandeis International Business School will host its first Municipal Finance Conference on August 3, 2012.  It is a one day conference that will bring together academics and market professionals to discuss the latest public finance research.  As Rich Ryffel … Continue reading

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