Biography
Samuel Rosen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance and currently serves as Research Director of the Fischer-Shain Center for Financial Services. His research examines how financial intermediaries and markets influence the allocation of capital and risk throughout the economy. Across topics including banking, private credit, entrepreneurial finance, macro-finance, and digital asset markets, he studies how institutional structure, market design, and financing frictions shape investment, innovation, financial stability, and economic outcomes.
He received his PhD in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler Business School) and a BA in Economics from Cornell University. Prior to academia, he worked in the Financial Stability Division at the Federal Reserve Board.
ResearchGate: My Personal Research Website
Research Interests
- Asset Pricing
- Macro-finance
- Financial Institutions
- Commercial Lending
- Fintech
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
FIN 3504 | Intermediate Corporate Finance | Undergraduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Davydiuk, T., Marchuk, T., & Rosen, S. (2024). Direct lenders in the U.S. middle market. Journal of Financial Economics, 162, 103946-103946. Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103946.
Davydiuk, T., Marchuk, T., & Rosen, S. (2024). Market Discipline in the Direct Lending Space. The Review of Financial Studies, 37(4), 1190-1264. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/rfs/hhad081.
Davydiuk, T., Gupta, D., & Rosen, S. (2023). De-Crypto-ing Signals in Initial Coin Offerings: Evidence of Rational Token Retention. Management Science, 69(11), 6584-6624. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2022.4631.
Aramonte, S., Jahan-Parvar, M.R., Rosen, S., & Schindler, J.W. (2022). Firm-Specific Risk-Neutral Distributions with Options and CDS. Management Science, 68(9), 7018-7033. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2021.4170.
Cororaton, A. & Rosen, S. (2021). Public Firm Borrowers of the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program. The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 10(4), 641-693. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/rcfs/cfab019.