Economist on "Is Dubai a good place to be a finance academic?"
Do they pay well? Asking for a friend.
View ArticleEconomist on "Serious question about competing papers"
Two working papers are out that do similar things. How do you decide which publishes well and which doesn't? Do you just go off of which was posted to SSRN first? Do you go with which is better...
View ArticleEconomist on "B- publication in FMA market."
A b- publication, such as Financial Review, will help LRM jmc?
View ArticleEconomist on "log(NAICS) is a scandal that everyone is simply ignoring"
it should be a huge embarrassment and a black eye example of the corruption of the job market process that such an utterly bone-headed demonstration could be set aside in such a competitive job market...
View ArticleEconomist on "What is the ratio of men to women in finance academia?"
I would guesstimate it at about 10:1, maybe 5:1 at the absolute lowest.
View ArticleEconomist on "Submitting two papers"
Is it OK to submit a second paper to say JF while the first one is under review? Anything to worry about if doing so? Serious answer please.
View ArticleEconomist on "Crazy research record"
Eric So at MIT finished his PhD in 2012 and already has 10 top-tier pubs in accounting and finance. Is this the most in such a short span?http://eso.scripts.mit.edu/Publications.html
View ArticleEconomist on "FMA 2016 job market"
Still too few jobs....when are you planning to start applying?
View ArticleEconomist on "Massimo Massa: a CEO?"
As a LRM, I used to be amazed by the productivity of MM. In some big conferences, 5+ of his papers were on the program every year. At SSRN, he has a list of more than 100 papers...
View ArticleEconomist on "Purdue - Finance"
Is it a good place for an AP or Ph.D. student? I heard JM makes life miserable if you don't write a paper with him...
View ArticleEconomist on "Tough market this year?"
Candidates from Cornell, UT Austin, Rochester, Indiana... All posting their CVs on the FMA job market website. Is it a sign of a tough market this coming year?
View ArticleEconomist on "Three factors vs. Five factors"
I just noticed that SMB factor in FF3 is different from the SMB factor in FF5, where as HML is the same. What explains this? F-ing data mining??3-factor --------- SMB (Small Minus Big) is the average...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is Dubai a good place to be a finance academic?"
Do they pay well? Asking for a friend.
View ArticleEconomist on "When do you usually submit your packages to schools listed in...
I'm gonna go to the FMA job market this year. Just wonder what is the best time to submit the packages to schools listed in FMA? I've heard people say no later than the end of August. Any benefit to...
View ArticleEconomist on "What is difference between prop trader and other traders?"
Enlighten me fenance bros
View ArticleEconomist on "What % of profits is typical payout for prop/HFT traders?"
I made my firm $20k a day net of exchange/desk fees ~= $5 million a year--running a high frequency arbitrage model in liquid futures products (no significant capital requirements, stupidly high sharpe)...
View ArticleEconomist on "SEC Division of Economic and Risk Analysis"
Anyone knows about this place? All I know is that they've recently hired a lot of finance PhDs.
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