Economist on "Is there a difference between "market making" and "high...
Market making seems very dull to me, is calling it HFT just a rebrand? What do these people do all day? Make a penny all day on each trade flipping the bid offer spread? There can't be much...
View ArticleEconomist on "JF vs RF"
They're clearly the top 2, but which is better?Good: RF No good: JF
View ArticleEconomist on "Will graduation as an 8-th year student hurt me?"
I know I should have gone to the market 2-3 years ago, but bad things can happen in life :(Has anyone seen a successful job market candidate as a 7+ year graduate student?.
View ArticleEconomist on "Math suggestion for Finance PHD"
I did my undergrad and MA in Econ and want to do a PHD in Finance. Before I apply for PHD admission, what Math courses should I take if I want to specialize in Asset pricing? Thanks.
View ArticleEconomist on "All of you should be aware of this. This cheating."
https://www.econjobrumors.com/topic/did-you-submit-1-paper-to-3-different-courses
View ArticleEconomist on "How about Juarez?"
any first hand experience? got an offer and may join there this fall.
View ArticleEconomist on "Journals rankings for Finance Tenure"
Just compiled this list as a response for a threat. Given the investment, decided to start a separate thread. Here is a typical top 20-50 list of journals for tenure:A journals (need 3-4 to tenure)...
View ArticleEconomist on "Acceptable delays to resubmit paper at top tier finance journal?"
Is there an implicit norm? Is it ok to resubmit 6 months after receiving R&R? I suspect it depends on the cases. In my case, almost no new analysis to do,"just" rewriting the paper (essentially...
View ArticleEconomist on "RFS fintech registered proposals"
Anyone hear back yet? Can you post email?
View ArticleEconomist on "To be a discussant or not?"
Finance AP here. How do you decide whether to discuss a paper at a conference or not? I regularly get emails from organizers of different conferences (including some small and nice ones). But I cannot...
View ArticleEconomist on "Finance PhD applying for accounting AP?"
I am from a top 20 finance program. My research is corporate + capital market research in accounting (disclosure, market efficiency, etc). Two of my committee members are from finance (one well-know,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Second time around"
Is it OK to have references from AP co-authors (from other institutions) if you're going again on the market 3 years into an AP position? I feel they probably know me best.
View ArticleEconomist on "FMA jobs site not up yet"
Usually it's here http://www.fma.org/Placement/2016Positions/PositionListingsbyDate.html but this year it's not working http://www.fma.org/Placement/2017Positions/PositionListingsbyDate.html. Does...
View ArticleEconomist on "How to get funds for a VLRM department?"
Half a million per year would be enough to make great improvements.
View ArticleEconomist on "PhD finance without consumer theory course"
How come there is not a single micro consumer theory course in PhD finance curriculum?http://phd.epfl.ch/page-24044.htmlIsn't EPFL asser pricing theory heavy school? And isnt a strong grasp of consumer...
View ArticleEconomist on "XG of MIT Sloan Finance"
Why his tenure was denied at MIT Sloan? And why is he going to Columbia GSB? The move seems like jumping into fire from a frying pan. Why wasn't there other takers?
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