Economist on "Departments going up (Finance)"
Some departments have a positive dynamic with numerous strong hires / change of karma. Yale and Columbia come to mind. Any others?
View ArticleEconomist on "UNSW: Associate Professor vs Senior Lecturer"
I've just looked at the UNSW b-school website. Some are lecturers/senior lecturers. Others are associate professors/professors. It seems they have a mixed system of a half UK and another half US....
View ArticleEconomist on "First-year PhD in fenance asking advice"
I am starting the first year of PhD program in finance and need advice in order to adjust my PhD study plans. I expect to major in empirical asset pricing and I am not still sure whether I prefer...
View ArticleEconomist on "I want to move. Do I have a shot?"
Four years out at a good research/teaching/money balance school but bad location. Total 3 pubs. One A (in one of these: jf/jfe/rfs). One Jfqa. One B (in one of these: jcf/fm/jbf/jfi). Decent pipeline...
View ArticleEconomist on "Vito Gala"
What is going on with him? Is he staying in academia? Last time I checked he has been visiting associate professor, after leaving LBS and briefly joining BI Oslo (the latter probably only to be able to...
View ArticleEconomist on "Finance theory"
I'm a theorist who will be on the job market in 2 years in expectation. I know the market for theory is no giod. So I plan on writing a theoretical jmp with finance applications. What are the current...
View ArticleEconomist on "Promising Job Market Candidates"
Who are they? Besides the usual lot from Chicago, Stanford, MIT and Harvard, any from other places? Any sons or daughters on the market? Any good women on the market?
View ArticleEconomist on "Accounting 2017-18 market"
I start by listing potential stars 1. NG MIT 2. KG Stanford 3. MB Chicago 4. AY HBS 5. KS Wharton 6. NL Columbia 7. YG Washington St Louis 8. Anybody from Toronto? I see a girl who looks promising....
View ArticleEconomist on "List of 1A, 2-2 Schools"
Clemson OK State NC State Villanova LehighAny others you know?
View ArticleEconomist on "CFEA 2017 Results?"
Any news on 28th Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting? No trolling please
View ArticleEconomist on "Which school in the big Ten league is best and which one is...
I am asking for my brother who is considering applying for big 10.
View ArticleEconomist on "I am starting my 7th yr. I have nothing."
I do not have any working paper. I do not have a dissertation topic. I do not have a boyfriend. BUT I am proud of these. -a 7th year Finance PhD student
View ArticleEconomist on "More evidence that asset pricing papers are a joke"
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3017677p-Hacking: Evidence from Two Million Trading StrategiesWe implement a data mining approach to generate about 2.1 million trading strategies....
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