Economist on "Make MFA great"
What do you guys think of this push to make the Midwest Finance Association (MFA) a decent conference? As I reside in this part of the world, I am getting some peer pressure to partake. Do you think...
View ArticleEconomist on "# of referee reports at JFQA"
My paper got rejected at JFE and am thinking about JFQA. The journal forum data shows JFQA usually has one report. Does is sometimes happen the same referee is assigned...?
View ArticleEconomist on "What does a failed search do to a department?"
Does it demoralize, weaken, and/or fracture them? Discuss.
View ArticleEconomist on "Full professor in finance in Vienna (WU Wien)"
https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/d/i/finance/wissenschaftlMitarbeiter/Rammerstorfer_Margarethe/Bilder-Dateien/CV_Rammerstorfer_20170104_english_neu.pdf
View ArticleEconomist on "Finance careers suck"
IB - the job is dull and stressful, per hour pay like in McDonalds consulting - sweatshops, ass cleaning jobs for clients academia - still virgin without tenure? no wonder quant jobs - no daylight for...
View ArticleEconomist on "Tenure hurdle at top 100~150ish finance departments"
Would 1 JFE + 1 JFQA + 1 FM be a strong enough case?
View ArticleEconomist on "[Official] AFA flyout thread"
Anyone with info on the flyouts for: Wharton, Sloan, HBS, Stern?Stern (FI) is not hiring
View ArticleEconomist on "Seasoned AP market in Finance"
Who is on the market this year and who is hiring? Who do you think will be looking to move? I'll start. DK at Maryland probably looking to move. UT Austin looking to hire. GS at Wharton probably...
View ArticleEconomist on "When I signed my offer I felt pressure"
I don't want to think about the number of A's. When I go home, I tend to close the door. I don't have numbers on my mind. I do it for the love.
View ArticleEconomist on "After my flyout was over the demons engulfed me"
A long day of one-on-one interviews starting very early with breakfast and including a late afternoon job talk ended with a late dinner that lasted for about three hours. I was exhausted. I had a very...
View ArticleEconomist on "I'm so old, I'm 25, and I work 20 hours a week and take 5...
I'm so frustrated. I'm going to cry. But I got my foot in the door at a great company, I'm an admin assistant. I think I just need to get a college degree.
View ArticleEconomist on "CFA - What is it worth?"
I've always wondered why the CFA carries any weight. Initially, I thought it was a way people could skip the cost of an MBA and point to a diploma-looking certificate. Then I thought it was a way for...
View ArticleEconomist on "Congrats to DS from USC on accepting BC offer!"
Congrats to DS from USC on accepting BC offer!
View ArticleEconomist on "Is Swiss finance academic network comparable to a top school?"
phd program placements faculty publications
View ArticleEconomist on "Tulane Finance"
What's going on with them? Why all the hate/concern if they are LRM anyway? --curious grad student who grew up in NOLA
View ArticleEconomist on "# of referee reports at JFQA"
My paper got rejected at JFE and am thinking about JFQA. The journal forum data shows JFQA usually has one report. Does is sometimes happen the same referee is assigned...?
View ArticleEconomist on "Please sign this petition against the new immigration rules:...
Let's see how many finance people put their names on the list against the horrible new immigration rules!
View ArticleEconomist on "Tenured finance professors tend to be total losers"
Rookie APs make more than they do and people who've spent only half the time in industry make way more than they do. Sad.
View ArticleEconomist on "How can a Finance PhD be this stupid?"
Recently our company, which has some PhDs (mostly math), but mostly Masters level employees, hired a finance PhD from a top 5 institute because we did not have any finance PhD. Everyone told us to get...
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