Finance Group

As a specialist in corporate finance, Paul Asquith is a media source for the field of corporate finance and control, including mergers, dividend policy, financial distress, and market efficiency. An empiricist, he investigates applied problems using real-world data … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-325h
• Phone: 617-253-7177
• E-mail: pasquith@mit.edu
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Nittai Bergman joined MIT Sloan's faculty in 2003. Bergman's research interests are in the fields of corporate governance, financial contracting, and behavioral corporate finance … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-437
• Phone: 617-253-2933
• E-mail: nbergman@mit.edu
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Hui Chen's research interests are in asset pricing, and its connections with corporate finance. He is particularly interested in the interactions between the macro economy and term structure, credit risk, and corporate financing/investment decisions … (read full bio)

• Office: NE25-730
• Phone: 617-324-3896
• E-mail: huichen@mit.edu
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A leading authority on corporate finance and finance theory, John Cox has developed an intertemporal financial model broad enough to include the fundamental underlying forces affecting financial markets. Using this framework, he has devised a theory of the term structure of interest rates … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-417
• Phone: 617-253-3414
• E-mail: jcox@mit.edu
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Carola Frydman's research interests are in corporate finance, economics of organizations, labor economics, and business history. Her work studies the evolution of executive compensation, turnover, and the labor market for managers throughout the twentieth century … (read full bio)

• Office: NE25-729
• Phone: 617-258-8408
• E-mail: frydman@mit.edu
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Rajkamal Iyer’s research interests are in the area of banking and contract theory. He is particularly interested in understanding the role of interbank markets in provision of liquidity … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-448
• Phone: 617-253-1306
• E-mail: riyer@mit.edu
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Scott Joslin's research interests are in capital markets. He is particularly interested in fixed income, derivative markets, asset pricing, and econometrics … (read full bio)

• Office: NE25-737
• Phone: 617-324-3901
• E-mail: sjoslin@mit.edu
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Leonid Kogan holds the Nippon Telephone and Telegraph chair in finance at MIT Sloan School of Management. He received his M.Sc. degree in mechanics and applied mathematics from the Moscow State University in 1993, a Ph.D. degree in mechanics from Cornell in 1995, and a Ph.D. degree in finance from MIT in 1999 … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-434
• Phone: 617-253-2289
• E-mail: lkogan@mit.edu
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Andrew W. Lo is the Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the director of MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1984, and taught at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School as the W.P … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-454
• Phone: 617-253-0920
• E-mail: alo@mit.edu
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Professor Lucas's recent research has focused on the problem of measuring and accounting for risk in the evaluation of federal financial obligations and defined benefit pension liabilities. She has published papers on a wide range of topics including the effect of idiosyncratic risk on asset prices and portfolio choice, dynamic models of corporate finance, monetary economics, and valuing federal financial guarantees … (read full bio)

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• Phone: 617-253-9747
• E-mail: dlucas@mit.edu
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Gustavo Manso's research interests are in corporate finance, contract theory, economics of organizations, and entrepreneurship. His recent research projects have been concerned with incentives for innovation and with dynamic investment and financing decisions of the firm … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-446
• Phone: 617-253-7218
• E-mail: manso@mit.edu
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Konstantin Milbradt's research interests are in financial economics, asset pricing and financial intermediation. In particular, he is interested in the impact of liquidity frictions and institutional frictions on financial markets … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-401
• Phone: 617-253-6240
• E-mail: milbradt@mit.edu
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Stewart Myers' research has concentrated on the theory and practice of corporate finance, including the role of information and incentives in corporate financing and methods for evaluating corporate investments. Recent research projects include the valuation of investments in R&D, risk management, and the allocation of capital in diversified firms, and the theory of corporate governance … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-451
• Phone: 617-253-6696
• E-mail: scmyers@mit.edu
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Jun Pan researches derivatives markets, credit risk modeling, risk management, and the term structure of interest rates. She studies the impact of rare events on financial markets, as well as their implications for asset allocation … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-435
• Phone: 617-253-3083
• E-mail: junpan@mit.edu
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Stephen A. Ross is the Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics at MIT and Chairman of Compensation Valuation, Inc.(CVI) and Principal and CIO of Ross Institutional Investors, LLC (RII). He was previously the Sterling Professor of Economics and Finance at Yale University and, before that, a professor of economics and finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Ross is the author of more than 100 articles in economics and finance and is the coauthor of an introductory textbook in finance … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-443
• Phone: 617-258-8371
• E-mail: sross@mit.edu
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An expert in corporate finance, entrepreneurship, and organizational economics, Antoinette Schoar researches venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, corporate diversification, and governance, and capital budgeting decisions in firms. She has received the Fellowship of the George Stigler Center, '97-'99, and the ERP Doctoral Scholarship of the German Ministry of Trade, '95-'97.

• Office: E52-433
• Phone: 617-253-3763
• E-mail: aschoar@mit.edu
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Adrien Verdelhan's research focuses on measures of systematic risk in financial markets, particularly in currency markets. His work shows when and why exchange rates are risky, thus shedding light on the most well-known and puzzling currency trading strategy: the carry trade … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-436
• Phone: 617-253-5123
• E-mail: adrienv@mit.edu
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Jiang Wang's research focuses on the pricing of financial assets and investment and risk management. He is currently working on the characterization of financial risks, the impact of liquidity on asset prices, optimal trading execution, and optimal portfolio choices … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-456
• Phone: 617-253-2632
• E-mail: wangj@mit.edu
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Gordon J. Alexander received his B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and his M.B.A. in Finance, M.A. in Mathematics, and Ph.D. in Finance from The University of Michigan. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Finance at MIT's Sloan School of Management, being on leave from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota where he is Professor of Finance and holds the John Spooner Chair in Investment Management … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-315
• Phone: 617-253-1752
• E-mail: gjalex@mit.edu
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Christa Bouwman's research interests are in corporate finance and financial intermediation. More specifically, she pursues research in the following three areas: bank liquidity creation and the role of bank capital; mergers and acquisitions; and behavioral finance … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-421
• Phone: 617-715-4178
• E-mail: cbouwman@mit.edu
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Randolph B. (Randy) Cohen joined the MIT Sloan School Faculty in 2009. From 1998-2009, he taught at Harvard Business School, most recently as Associate Professor of Finance … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-305
• Phone: 617-253-7125
• E-mail: rbcohen@mit.edu
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Serdar Dinc's research interests are in corporate finance with an emphasis on international issues and banking crises. Much of his recent research focuses on the role of politics in finance … (read full bio)

• Office: E52-431
• Phone: 617-253-3637
• E-mail: dinc@mit.edu
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Professor Holderness has research interests in corporate governance and corporate finance and a special research interest on the role of large-block shareholders in public corporations. The topics he has written on include the pricing of large blocks of stock, the role of large shareholders in public corporations around the world, and the protection of minority shareholders from oppression by large shareholders … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-308
• Phone: 617-253-6336
• E-mail: holderne@mit.edu
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Professor Stomper specializes in corporate finance. His current research is on financial restructuring of firms in financial distress and credit risk measurement … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-423
• Phone: 617-253-2478
• E-mail: astomper@mit.edu
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Seth Alexander is President of the MIT Investment Management Company (MITIMCo), a division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MITIMCo manages the Endowment, Retirement Plan, Retiree Welfare Benefit Plan, and other financial assets of MIT … (read full bio)

• Office: E48-200
• Phone: 617-253-6083
• E-mail: seth.alexander@mit.edu
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Phil has 30 years of experience in alternative asset management as an entrepreneur, principal investor, fund investor and secondary investor. He is experienced in hedge fund and quantitative money management, with a particular focus on risk control … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-308
• Phone: 617-253-6336
• E-mail: philcooper718@gmail.com
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Mr. DeTore has been involved with research and management since 1983. He founded United Alpha and started the European Fund in 2003 … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-308
• Phone: 617-226-1789
• E-mail: jdetore@mit.edu
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Charles Kane is currently the President of One Laptop per Child, a non profit organization that provides technology to enhance education in lesser developed countries. Prior to OLPC, Kane was CFO of RSA Security (acquired by EMC); CFO of Aspen Technology; President and CEO of Corechange Inc … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-308
• Phone: 617-253-6336
• E-mail: ckane@mit.edu
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Mark P. Kritzman is President and CEO of Windham Capital Management, LLC. He also serves as a Senior Partner of State Street Associates, and he teaches a financial engineering course at the MIT Sloan School of Management … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-305
• Phone: 617-253-7125
• E-mail: kritzman@mit.edu
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Dr. Mueller is a partner at GMO and the director of research for the Algorithmic Trading group, which he co-founded in 2003. Since joining GMO in 1997, he has also served as the director of research for the Global Fixed Income group … (read full bio)

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• E-mail: mtm_mit@mit.edu
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Jeffrey Shames is the retired chairman of MFS Investment Management and the boards of trustees of the MFS Funds. He is Executive in Residence at the MIT Sloan School of Management and serves on the Institute's advisory councils for the MIT Sloan Dean and the MIT Leadership Center … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-421
• Phone: 617-253-6033
• E-mail: jshames@mit.edu
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Craig Stephenson's areas of interest and expertise include corporate finance, corporate governance, and corporate financial strategy. He has industry experience in the CFO organizations of Phillips Petroleum Company, Texas Instruments, and Dell Computer Corporation, and he has been a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Babson College, and MIT's Sloan School of Management … (read full bio)

• Office: E53-305
• Phone: 617- 253-7125
• E-mail: stephenc@mit.edu
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