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Economists from HSE University have demonstrated that collecting as much information as possible about borrowers does not always decrease banks’ risks. Sometimes, more is not better: on the contrary, increasing the volume of data might increase the risks of loan defaults to a certain extent. The study was published in the WP BRP HSE University, Series: Financial Economics series of working papers.

But only for those who view running a business as their life’s work

Alexey Parakhonyak graduated from HSE in 2004 and now works as an associate professor at Lincoln College, Oxford. In this interview with Success Builder, Mr Parakhonyak explained why HSE attracted the best professors right from the start, how Erasmus University teaches its PhD students, how to win students’ hearts and what, besides the university, makes the city of Oxford interesting

First international applicants of the bachelor and master programs were approved for scholarship admission recently. We congratulate these high achievers and their families with the first success towards their great careers in finance, economics and statistics!

mark the joint academic programs of the Faculty of Economic Sciences (Faculty of Economics in 2000) of the HSE University and the Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)

They were able to predict the exact list of awardees of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021: David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens.

In September, the new HSE online master’s programme in Business Analytics launched on Coursera. Its educational content is close to the practice-oriented on-site HSE master’s programme in Corporate Finance. Graduates of the programme go on to pursue brilliant careers in business, retail, banking and finance, as well as create their own start-ups.

People with higher education enjoy higher salaries and are at considerably less risk of unemployment. The World Bank estimates that an extra year of university studies in Russia yields an 8% return on investment. The quality of a university, the specific field of study, and students’ individual strategies are all key factors in ensuring success in the labour market. These topics were discussed by Viktor Rudakov, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Head of the International Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, HSE University, in an open lecture on ‘How and Where to Study to Become Successful in the Labour Market’.

The last two years were absolutely unusual, which makes our new graduates even more special for us. We wish you all the required success  in our careers and life!