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Carolin Schellhorn

Assistant Professor of Finance, St. Joseph's University

Carolin Schellhorn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at Saint Joseph’s University. Before joining Saint Joseph's University, Dr. Schellhorn was a faculty member at Lehigh University, Suffolk University, and Northeastern University. She holds a B.A. from Rice University, and M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Much of her past research has focused on safety-and-soundness issues in the banking and financial services industry. More recently, she has developed a teaching and research interest in the emerging area of sustainable finance.

Municipal bond yields show investors willing to pay premium for debt that addresses climate change

May 29, 2020 14:30 pm UTC| Investing

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Municipal bond investors are increasingly confident that as climate change accelerates, cities will be forced to prioritize projects...

Amazon and other 'superstar' companies could give all American workers a raise

Oct 09, 2018 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The latest employment data, released on Oct. 5, point to a persistent economic puzzle: The unemployment rate is the lowest in nearly half a century yet wages have been very slow to react. In the past, such low...

Climate Change Series

Central Banking Series

How the Fed joined the fight against climate change

Dec 09, 2016 03:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

The Federal Reserves policy committee is expected to lift its target interest rate a quarter-point to a range of 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent at its final meeting of 2016. The main reasons the Fed has kept rates near...

Economy

China's railway trips decline 54% in first half

The China State Railway Group Co Ltd. recorded 818 million railway passenger trips across the country in the first half of 2020, which represents a 53.9 percent year-on-year decline. The company expects railway...

Russia, China to expand railway cargo links

Russia and China plan to develop the Berelast Logistics Center into the largest railway cargo terminal in Russia with a total investment of $283 million and an annual turnover capacity of 730,000 TEUs. The Berelast...

S. Korea airlines eye expanded routes to China to meet business demand

South Korea is seeking to increase the number of flights to China to 10 a week, to resume flights on three more routes on top of the four it already serves to meet travel demand from businessmen. Korean Air Lines Co.,...

Anti-China sentiment in India bodes well for Samsung: analysts

Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to increase its sales in India due to a public boycott of Chinese-made goods. The growing anti-China sentiment in India was due to 20 Indian soldiers deaths in last months border...

US imposes 25% duties on French goods in digital tax row

The US imposed 25 percent more duties on $1.3 billion value of French imports in response to Frances digital services tax. However, it is holding off from collecting the additional duties to allow further time to...

Politics

Michelle Obama talks about the importance of girls' education in Girl Up Leadership Summit

Former first lady Michelle Obama was among the guest speakers at the 2020 Girl Up Leadership Summit that was held online on Monday. During the virtual summit, Michelle stressed the importance of girls education in a...

Melania Trump wears a mask while visiting DC women’s center

Melania Trump is one of the prominent figures in the White House who had previously advocated wearing a face cover in public. The first lady has rarely been seen wearing a mask during public appearances, but her recent...

Donald Trump: Former official says POTUS suggested selling Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria

The US territory of Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria back in 2017, leaving its citizens in need of support. Recently, a former official has revealed that Donald Trump has considered selling the territory...

Donald Trump: POTUS spotted wearing a face mask for the first time

Throughout the pandemic, Donald Trump has infamously refused to wear a face mask when going out in public. However, it appears that the president had changed his tune somewhat when he was spotted out in public wearing a...

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in polls in Texas and Florida

Over the past few months, former vice president Joe Biden maintains a lead in public opinion polls over Donald Trump. Recent polls in both Texas and Florida have since added to Bidens lead, showing him leading by five to...

Science

Archaeologists unearth remains of Poles murdered by Ukraine nationalists in 1945

World War II saw many insurgent groups that were not just fighting for and against Nazi Germany, but to purge dozens of people because of their ethnicity, such as the cleansing of Poles in German-occupied Poland and in...

Apollo 11 scientist reveals a mishap that led Neil Armstrong to land in another part of the moon

The Apollo 11 mission went down in history as the first time humans were able to set foot on the Moon. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were the astronauts who made history in doing so. However, Apollo 11...

Asteroids: NASA to develop spacecraft to explore metal-rich space rock Psyche

The idea of asteroid mining has intrigued space agencies all over the world as space rocks are rich in elements or components that are slowly getting depleted on Earth. NASA is set to develop a spacecraft that can explore...

Planet Nine may be a primordial black hole, say astronomers

Since 2015, astronomers have tried to figure out whether or not the mysterious Planet Nine exists, having said to also be orbiting the Sun beyond the icy Pluto. A new theory suggests that Planet Nine may not actually be a...

Iron Age crime scene discovered by scientists amidst railway project

Many archaeological discoveries over time are known to have been made by accident. In this case, in the midst of construction of a railway, workers and scientists have unearthed what appears to be a crime scene dating back...

Technology

AirPods 3 would look more like AirPods Pro and could launch H1 2021

The second-generation of base-model AirPods has been in the market for more than a year now. However, it is not expected to have a successor, dubbed as AirPods 3, until next year. The good news coming from Apples supply...

Pixel 4a will have a 5G model but the announcement is moved to August, reports claim

Information leaks about the Google Pixel 4a keep changing almost every week. The most recent details that surfaced will excite and disappoint fans at the same time. A potential 5G model could be in the pipeline, but its...

‘NBA 2K21’: What version of the Mamba Forever Edition should players buy

Despite the NBA season 2019-20 getting delayed due to COVID-19, the basketball league has proceeded as usual in the virtual world. As a result, NBA 2K21 is now confirmed to be launched during its usual release window....

GoPro HERO8 Black is now an HD webcam through a free firmware update

Video conferences have become an important way to communicate while following safety guidelines amid a pandemic. It is then not surprising that GoPro adapts to these changes by making HERO8 Black an HD webcam for people...

Nintendo Switch 2 won’t arrive anytime soon, here’s why

This year marks the start of a new generation for gaming consoles, except for Nintendo. In a recent conference, the video game company reiterated its plans of prolonging the life cycle of its flagship console. This means...