Wouter Dessein

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Eli Ginzberg Professor of Finance and Economics

Finance and Economics

B.S. in Management and Applied Sciences (Handelsingenieur), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1997; M.A., University of Toulouse, 1997; Ph.D, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; 2000

Year joined: 2008

E-mail: wd2179@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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