Profit vs. Planet: Optimization in ESG Risk Management
In recent years, investors are beginning to prioritize environmental issues, social issues, and corporate governance when making investment decisions, and such investing principles are often abbreviated to ESG. Combined with the study of econometrics...
A Milligram of Milk Powder: Dutch Dairy Corruption
Imagine you’re going to the store to buy your favourite soft drink “Dubbel Friss”, you notice on the packaging that it “contains a bit of dairy”. You might gloss over it at the time but whether you ask it or not, the question remains: “Why is that?”....
Pour Decisions For A Good Time: How To Justify Your Night Out
We have all heard of the many negative health effects of alcohol consumption: permanent liver damage, the death of neurons, increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, the whole enchilada. On the other hand, we’re students, so we will not let it stan...
How do we make something more efficient? This is the fundamental question that every econometrician seeks to answer. Efficiency lies at the core of econometrics, where the goal is to create optimized solutions that maximize performance while minimizi...
When people hear the city “Basel,” located in Switzerland, they often think of the Swiss football club FC Basel. Yet Basel also hosts one of the most influential institutions in global finance: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Acting as a ke...
The human mind is a cradle for life changing inventions. Being blessed with the attributes of critical and creative thinking, mankind has managed to revolutionize the world. However, there are always two sides to a story and this blessing of an intel...
We sat down with Lotte, FAECTOR’s 59th Marketing & Innovation Officer, to talk about her role and the upcoming 12th Lustrum celebrations, as well as the soon-to-be-formed Lustrum Committee. From designing Instagram posts to supervising committees, Lo...
What if I told you that Econometrics can save lives? It is common knowledge that within medicine, every second can make the difference between life or death. To any econometrician, this should generate the question: How do we minimise time spent with...
“How is an art piece related to a perfect face?” and “how is the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower related to the stock market?” These questions seem unusual but explain why some seemingly unrelated things in nature and life are connected. A simple...
When polled on what issue matters the most to American voters, the economy emerges victorious time and time again. As a result of this, one would expect the party that consistently outperforms the other during respective administrative periods on key...