The department continues to build a strong research foundation by recruiting promising faculty members from top-ranked national and international finance and economic programs.

The Global Impact of Fox School Research

Research is a top priority at the Fox School. Faculty and students across departments regularly make unique contributions that impact the academic world and the global business community, as well as society as a whole. Learn more about the important work done at Fox by exploring the following research themes.​​

Law and Financial Institutions: The intersection between corporations, financial institutions, private and public regulators, and the government has become increasingly large and more important since the financial crisis. The influence and effects of this intersection have proven to be, and will likely continue to be, an important and interesting area of research.

Global Corporate and Corporate Governance: The separation of ownership and control (manager-shareholder issues and shareholder-shareholder issues) has been and will continue to be an important research area for scholars; faculty are actively engaged in research on governance topics such as the impact of family ownership and control on firm performance, the effect of board structure on firm performance and firm value, and the effect of CEO compensation structure on firm risk-taking, and the effects of country governance and culture on the firm.

Risk and Valuation: Different types of risk affect investors uniquely, and should consequently command different risk premia. Estimating these premia has important implications not only for finance but macroeconomics more generally. Many recent advances in econometric and statistical techniques have provided new, robust testing methods.

Real Estate Initiative: Real estate research and centers have, and will continue to be, an important route for departments and business schools to become integrated into the local and regional markets. The Finance Department has a strong presence in real estate research, with specific topics such as mortgage choice, zoning and land use regulation, and real estate asset pricing.

Spring 2023 Seminar Schedule

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Room/Virtual

Time

2/3/2023

Semyon Malamud

EPFL

Online

TBA

2/17/2023

Nadya Malenko

University of Michigan

Alter 746

10:30 am-12:00 pm

2/24/2023

Raghavendra (Raghu) Rau

Cambridge University

Online

TBA

3/3/2023

Rajkamal Iyer

Imperial College London

Online

TBA

3/24/2023

Paolo Volpin

Drexel University

Alter 745

10:30 am-12:00 pm

3/31/2023

Heitor Almeida

UIUC

Alter 746

10:30 am-12:00 pm

4/7/2023

Sterling Yan

Lehigh University

Alter 746

10:30 am-12:00 pm

4/28/2023

Daniel Metzger

Rotterdam School of Management

Online

TBA

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