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Research in finance is mostly based on economic models, which are used to address problems such as the allocation of capital, risk, and rewards in the economy. Empirical work also widely uses the tools of econometrics -- the application of statistics to economics. Mathematical tools are extremely important in finance, helping to solve sophisticated models that reflect, as closely as possible, the important features of the market.
Because financial research is analytical, we look for a strong quantitative background in potential applicants as evidenced by an undergraduate training in economics, mathematics, engineering, or any other quantitative discipline and GMAT/GRE scores.
The faculty members in the finance group at the Olin Business School are active and renowned researchers dedicated to advancing the understanding of financial economics. Faculty research interests encompass many areas of finance, including both empirical and theoretical topics. Some areas of current interest are banking and financial intermediation, corporate finance, corporate control and capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, asset pricing models, investments and portfolio allocation models, and market microstructure.
Research papers by faculty members have recently been published in well-respected journals such as:
- American Economic Review
- Journal of Finance
- Review of Financial Studies
- Journal of Economic Theory
- Journal of Financial Economics
- Journal of Financial Intermediation
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FACULTY MEMBERS*
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Long Chen
Associate Professor of Finance
PhD, University of Toronto
Asset pricing, corporate financing decisions
Philip H. Dybvig
Boatmen's Bancshares Professor of
Banking & Finance
PhD, Yale University
Asset pricing, banking, financial markets,
fixed income securities
Armando Gomes
Associate Professor of Finance
PhD, Harvard University
Corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions,
corporate governance, economic theory
Radhakrishnan Gopalan
Assistant Professor of Finance
PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Corporate finance, corporate governance, emerging market financial systems
Stuart I. Greenbaum
Bank of America Professor Emeritus of Managerial Leadership
PhD, John Hopkins University
Banking and financial intermediation
Ohad Kadan
Associate Professor of Finance
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Market microstructure, corporate finance, economics of information, game theory
Roni Kisin
Assistant Professor of Finance
PhD, University of Chicago
Applied corporate finance,
labor economics, financial intermediation
Isaac Kleshchelski
Assistant Professor of Finance
PhD, Northwestern University
Asset Pricing |
Mark Leary
Assistant Professor of Finance
PhD, Duke University
Corporate finance, financial economics
Hong Liu
Professor of Finance
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Asset pricing, market microstructure
Asaf Manela
Assistant Professor of Finance
PhD, University of Chicago
Asset pricing, acquisition and diffusion of Information in financial markets, role of the media in finance, learning and portfolio choice
Mathew Ringgenberg
Assistant Professor of Finance
University of North Carolina
Empirical asset pricing, equity lending, information economics, short selling
Todd T. Milbourn
Hubert C. & Dorothy R. Moog
Professor of Finance
PhD, Indiana University
Corporate finance, managerial remuneration, financial intermediation, economics of
asymmetric information
Anjan Thakor
Director of Doctoral Programs and
John E. Simon Professor of Finance
PhD, Northwestern University
Corporate finance, financial intermediation,
economics of asymmetric information
Jialan Wang
Assistant Professor of Finance
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Techonology
Corporate finance, labor economics,
organizational economics, entrepreneurship
Guofu Zhou
Frederick Bierman & James E. Spears
Professor of Finance
PhD, Duke University
Asset pricing tests, future and options
markets, the structure of interest rates
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* See the faculty directory for visiting professors and adjunct faculty.
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