Haas Ph.D. Program

Dissertations & Placements

Finance Placements and Dissertation Titles

Miguel Palacios, 2009
Vanderbilt University
Essays on Human Capital and Finance

Stefano Corradin, 2008
European Central Bank
The Choice to Rent or Own: Why Rents and Mortgages Rates are Jointly Determined

Thomas Jacques Jose Gilbert, 2008
University of Washington (Seattle), Michael G. Foster School of Business
Public Signals and Information Aggregation in Financial Markets

Wenlan Qian, 2008
National University of Singapore
Essays on Real Estate Economics and Finance

Carlos Vergara Alert, 2008
IESE Business School
Equilibrium Implications of Real Option Positions on the Term Structure of Interest Rates, Asset Prices and Portfolio Choice

Sandro Andrade, 2006
University of Miami
Essays in Finance

Ilona Babenko, 2006
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Agency Costs, Executive Compensation, and Firm’s choice of Payout and Financing Policies

Ryan Stever, 2006
Bank for International Settlements
Essays on Bank Risk

Yuri Tserlukevich, 2006
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Debt Financing and Real Options

Ning Cheng, 2005
Lehman Brothers
Essays on Liquidity Risk and Asset Pricing

Shimon Kogan, 2005
Carnegie Mellon University
Essays in Financial Economics

Lars Lochstoer, 2005
London Business School
Essays in Financial Economics

Alexei Boulatov, 2004
University of Houston
Three Essays on Strategic Trading in Oligopolistic Economies

Madhur Duggar, 2004
CitiGroup
Essays in Corporate Finance

Chuen Hwa Leon, 2004
Nanyang Technological Institute
Essays on the Impact of Incomplete Information

Ashwin Gopal Alankar, 2003
Oakhill Platinum Partners
Essays on Financial Econometrics

Charles Chang, 2003
Cornell University
Essays in International Information Structure and Barriers

Dirk Hackbarth, 2003
Indiana University
Corporate Financial Decision-Making and Managerial Traits

Gang (George) Li, 2003
San Francisco State University
Three Essays on Information and Asset Prices

Robert Novy-Marx, 2003
University of Chicago
An Equilibrium Model of Investment Under Uncertainty

David Tien, 2002
Santa Clara University
Essays on International Finance Markets

Wenlan Qian
Assistant Professor, Finance
NUS Business School
National University of Singapore

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