Geert Bekaert

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Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance and Economics

Finance and Economics

BA, University of Ghent, 1986; PhD, Northwestern, 1992

Year joined: 1999

E-mail: gb241@columbia.edu


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Stephen Zeldes

How Big Is the Social Security Shortfall?

How should the Social Securty shortfall be measured? Professor Stephen Zeldes argues that any valuation of the trust fund must accurately account for risk, and proposes a way to do just that.

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