Brattle Group Explained

The Brattle Group
Location City:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Num Locations:11 offices
Num Locations Year:2019
Type:Private company
Industry:Economic consulting
Services:Consulting and expert testimony
Num Employees:Over 350
Num Employees Year:2019
Website:www.brattle.com

The Brattle Group provides consulting services and expert testimony in economics, finance, and regulation to corporations, law firms, and public agencies.[1] As of 2019, the company had offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, London, Madrid, New York City, Rome, San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, and Washington, DC.[2] Headquartered in Boston since 2017, its original headquarters was located on Brattle Street, in the Harvard Square district of Cambridge.[3]

An example of its work is the report presented in June 2023 at an event at the University of the West Indies in which reparations for slavery were estimated for the harms done both during and after the period of transatlantic chattel slavery at more than 100 trillion dollars.[4]

Brattle Prize in Corporate Finance

The company presents the Brattle Prize each year at the American Finance Association's annual meeting. It is awarded for outstanding papers on corporate finance, published in the Journal of Finance.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Brattle - The Brattle Group . The Brattle Group . 2008-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20081221184003/http://www.brattle.com/AboutBrattle/Default.asp. 2008-12-21.
  2. Web site: Offices. The Brattle Group. 5 August 2016.
  3. Brattle's Corporate Headquarters Relocates to Boston. Brattle. 5 June 2017.
  4. News: Mahon . Leah . August 2023 . £18 trillion – what Britain owes in reparations. Time to pay up . 6–7. The Voice. 22 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Journal of Finance Editor's Report. 2007-09-10. American Finance Association. 2007-03-13. Harvey. Cam. https://web.archive.org/web/20070812022836/http://www.afajof.org/journal/edreport.asp. 2007-08-12. dead.
  6. Web site: George S. Oldfield . The Brattle Group: George S. Oldfield . The Brattle Group . 2010 . 2014-01-08.