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The Cox School has more than a dozen specialized centers and institutes to enhance your knowledge in a focused area while networking with practitioners and leaders in the fields of energy, entrepreneurship, real estate, retailing, global markets and more.
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Cox brings talented, motivated students together with a premier faculty in a unique environment -small enough for collegiality and large enough
for world-class resources. As you compare the options for your undergraduate or advanced education, consider the advantages that set us apart:
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Moving Markets, Making Money: Market Intermediaries' Influence
Stock markets can be volatile, to the benefit of certain traders. With greater sophistication of market players armed with clever algorithms and computational powers, how they trade and profit impacts market stability and confidence. In new research, SMU Cox Finance Professor Kumar Venkataraman and co-author Amber Anand push the debate about high-frequency traders' or proprietary traders' impact on market stability and the value of the "specialist" market maker. Regulators are grappling with serious questions about liquidity in the market, especially in light of stresses like the Flash Crash of 2010. More »
Oil, Gas and Resources: Designing Winning Fiscal Regimes
Professor James Smith of SMU Cox has been asked to work on a vitally important 21st century problem by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In an age of concern over resource sustainability, his new research could hold a key to keeping economies moving in a way that helps the resource-fortunate country and the private investor come together. His practical, working model attempts to find the best type of fiscal regime to develop natural resources. He also shows that all extraction is not equal. More »
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You’ll have the opportunity to interact regularly with business leaders and practitioners through speaker series, internships and mentoring programs.
The Cox School is an integral part of DFW—the nation's leader in job growth. You’ll reap the benefits of that partnership in countless ways.