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Snehal Banerjee
Snehal Banerjee

FINANCE
Assistant Professor of Finance

Print Overview
Snehal Banerjee joined the Kellogg School of Management in 2007. He has a BA from Brandeis University (2002) and a PhD from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business (2007). His research interests include information, learning and disagreement in financial markets, market microstructure, behavioral finance and asset pricing. His current research involves studying the effects of investor disagreement on asset prices and trading volume.

Areas of Expertise
Behavioral Economics (Includes: Behavioral Finance)
Behavioral Finance (Includes: Behavioral Economics)
Information Economics
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Education
PhD, 2007, Finance, Stanford University
BA, 2002, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Brandeis University, Economics with highest honors, Summa Cum Laude

Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2007-present

 
Print Research
Research Interests
Information and learning in financial markets; market microstructure; behavioral finance; asset pricing


Articles
Banerjee, Snehal and Ilan Kremer. Forthcoming. Disagreement and Learning: Dynamic Patterns of Trade. Journal of Finance.
Banerjee, Snehal, Ron Kaniel and Ilan Kremer. 2009. Price Drift as an Outcome of Differences in Higher Order Beliefs. Review of Financial Studies. 22(9): 3707-3734.
Working Papers
Banerjee, Snehal. 2007. Learning from Prices and the Dispersion in Beliefs.
Armstrong, Christopher, Snehal Banerjee and Carlos Corona. Information Quality, Systematic Risk and the Cost of Capital.
Banerjee, Snehal and Jeremy Graveline. 2009. Short Selling Liquid Treasuries.

 
Print Teaching
Teaching Interests
Finance
Full-Time / Part-Time MBA
Finance I/II (FINC-440-0)

This course counts toward the following majors: Analytical Finance, Finance

This course combines the materials of FINC-430 and FINC-441 into an intensive one-quarter course available to One-Year students and first-year students interested in accelerating their studies of finance. Students choosing this option should expect the presentations, readings and other homework to be at least double those of the regular courses. By combining these two courses into one quarter, students are able to take more advanced finance electives during their first year and have the opportunity to include an extra finance elective in their course schedules. Please note that this course carries the weight of one course only. Prerequisites: Knowledge of (a) probability and statistics through linear regression and (b) financial accounting. Requirement (a) may be satisfied with prior or concurrent registration in DECS 434, sufficient previous course work in statistics or attending Finance I statistics tutorials (available fall quarter only). Requirement (b) may be satisfied with prior or concurrent registration in ACCT 430 or sufficient previous course work in financial accounting. MECN 430 is recommended.