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The Finance Department is engaged in award-winning research and teaching on financial markets and institutions, as well as the financial decisions of firms, individuals, and governments.
The faculty is renowned for their theoretical and empirical work in a broad range of specialties, including asset pricing, corporate finance, capital market dynamics, household finance, macroeconomics, and econometrics. By declaring a Finance major, students build a strong base in these principles of finance to help launch successful careers. Kellogg’s innovative suite of experiential learning courses and labs offer students opportunities to apply their course work to real-world business processes with the guidance of faculty experts.
For more details on the finance major go the Finance Department’s Academic page here. For more details on the Finance Department’s experiential learning see the links on this page. Please reference the Kellogg Course Catalog for a complete listing of Finance and experiential courses.
Poised at the leading edge of finance theory and practice, our faculty members produce research that is consistently recognized in flagship journals.
Faculty research is consistently recognized in flagship journals. Faculty members also serve as editors of leading professional publications, setting the standards for new ideas in the field.
Finance PhD students on the job market
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The faculty is renowned for their theoretical and empirical work in a broad range of specialties, including asset pricing, corporate finance, capital market dynamics, household finance, macroeconomics, and econometrics. By declaring a Finance major, students build a strong base in these principles of finance to help launch successful careers. Kellogg’s innovative suite of experiential learning courses and labs offer students opportunities to apply their course work to real-world business processes with the guidance of faculty experts.
For more details on the finance major go the Finance Department’s Academic page here. For more details on the Finance Department’s experiential learning see the links on this page. Please reference the Kellogg Course Catalog for a complete listing of Finance and experiential courses.
Faculty research is consistently recognized in flagship journals. Faculty members also serve as editors of leading professional publications, setting the standards for new ideas in the field.
are listed here.
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Paola Sapienza
In a recent paper, Professor Sapienza looks at how the 2008 financial crisis changed investors’ tolerance for risk.
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Scott R. Baker
Professor Baker studies how taxes, debt, and credit availability impact the way households spend money.
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David A Matsa
Recent research by Professor Matsa finds that offering unemployment insurance can help prevent home foreclosures.
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In Search of Ideas: Technological Innovation and Executive Pay Inequality
Carola Frydman, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Journal of Financial Economics, 2018 |
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Investment Hollowing Out
Lewis Alexander, Janice C. Eberly, IMF Economic Review, 2018 |
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The Anatomy of a Credit Supply Shock: Evidence from an Internal Credit Market
Jose Maria Liberti, Jason Sturgess, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2018 |
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Time Varying Risk Aversion
Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales, Journal of Financial Economics, 2018 |
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Unemployment Insurance as a Housing Market Stabilizer
Joanne W. Hsu, David A. Matsa, Brian Melzer, American Economic Review, 2018 |
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Quantifying Liquidity and Default Risks of Corporate Bonds over the Business Cycle
Hui Chen, R. Cui, Konstantin Milbradt, The Review of Financial Studies, 2018 |
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Debt and the Response to Household Income Shocks: Validation and Application of Linked Financial Account Data
Scott Baker, Journal of Political Economy, 2018 |
Finance News
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Who Is Writing, & Who Is Teaching, The Best MBA Cases? David Stowell, Poets&Quants, February 25, 2019 |
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Risk-Taking at a Startup Is a Lot Like Speed Skating, Says This Former Professional Athlete Paola Sapienza, Entrepreneur, February 05, 2019 |
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Global Uncertainty Gauge Enters 2019 at Record High Level Scott R. Baker, Bloomberg, February 04, 2019 |
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From ramped-up food delivery to work-from-home policies, Chicago businesses brace for subzero temperatures Scott R. Baker, Chicago Tribune, January 28, 2019 |
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Here's to Jack Bogle: The people's champion of finance Robert Korajczyk, The Hill, January 23, 2019 |
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Corporate Chiefs Look Past Economic Risks and Pin Hopes on Trump for Trade Deal Scott R. Baker, The New York Times, January 23, 2019 |
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