Word: shleifer
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...Andrei Shleifer ’82, the prominent Harvard economist who found himself at the center of a rare ethics investigation for his alleged role in defrauding the U.S. government, appears to have been stripped of his endowed title as the Jones Professor of Economics, according to an updated listing in the Harvard directory...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences has concluded its ethics inquiry into allegations that Jones Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer ’82 defrauded the U.S. government, but neither Shleifer nor FAS officials would say whether the University had punished the renowned economist.Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles said yesterday that “appropriate action” had been taken in the investigation, brushing aside charges that he mismanaged the Shleifer case by acting without consulting the committees that had investigated the matter.The seven-member Committee on Professional Conduct (CPC), along with a three-member investigating subcommittee...
...Shleifer case is not on the Faculty’s agenda for next Tuesday, but the topic could be raised during the meeting’s free-for-all “question period...
...Shleifer case has been a source of discontent in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, especially during Summers’ presidency, when some professors thought Shleifer was receiving preferential treatment due to his close relationship with Summers...
...light of a July Crimson story confirming that a report on Shleifer had been delivered to Knowles, “it would be appropriate for some faculty member at the October 17 faculty meeting to ask the Dean what action has been taken,” the CPC member added in an e-mail...