20 faculty and 0 courses in Finance at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Bing Liang, Charles P. McQuaid Endowed Professor h-index 30
Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds Institutional Investors Risk Management Capital Market Anomalies Liquidity Climate Finance Econometrics Teaching Interests Doctoral Empirical Asset Pricing Masters Investments Alternative Investments Hedge Funds
Notable: “Hedge Funds: The Living and the Dead” (2000) · 610 citations
- Ben S. Branch, Professor Emeritus h-index 19
Investments Bankruptcies Strategic Planning Futures Markets Corporate Finance Industrial Organization Teaching Interests General Investments Corporate Finance Industrial Organization Financial Institutions Selected Publications "An Updated
Notable: “Perceptions of Firm Quality: A Cause or Result of Firm Performance” (1990) · 414 citations
- Fousseni Chabi-Yo, Associate Dean of Research and PhD Programs; Berthiaume Endowed Professor; Professor of Finance h-index 17
Asset Pricing Theory Empirical Asset Pricing Financial Econometrics Behavioral Finance Teaching Interests General Investment Risk Management Derivatives Financial Econometrics Selected Publications An Intertemporal Risk Factor Model forthco
Notable: “Crash sensitivity and the cross section of expected stock returns” (2018) · 174 citations
- Nikunj Kapadia, Department Chair, Professor h-index 15
Option Pricing Volatility Credit and Default Risk Teaching Interests Doctoral Seminar on Options Undergraduate Financial Modeling International Finance Financial Engineering Selected Publications "Equilibrium Exercise of European Warrants,"
Notable: “Stock Return Characteristics, Skew Laws, and the Differential Pricing of Individual Equity Options” (2003) · 1,471 citations
- Marco Macchiavelli, Assistant Professor and PhD Co-Coordinator h-index 14
Money markets Broker-dealers Bond liquidity Financial stability Dispersed information Intelligence/Espionage Cybersecurity Teaching Interests Capital markets Financial intermediaries Awards Outstanding Research Award, Isenberg School of Man
Notable: “Pirates without borders: The propagation of cyberattacks through firms’ supply chains” (2022) · 170 citations
- Sanjay Nawalkha, Professor h-index 13
Banking and Finance Derivatives Investments International Finance Teaching Interests Interest Rate Risk Modeling Term Structure Modeling Credit Risk Modeling Financial Derivatives Asset Pricing Fixed Income Finance Theory Selected Publicati
Notable: “An Improved Immunization Strategy: M-Absolute” (1996) · 56 citations
- Hossein B. Kazemi, Professor Emeritus h-index 11
Asset Pricing Models Performance Evaluation Alternative Investments Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management Financial Econometrics Derivatives Securities International Finance Teaching Interests Doctoral Introduction to Financial Economic
Notable: “Understanding Hedge Fund Performance” (2002) · 112 citations
- Nelson Lacey, Professor Emeritus h-index 8
Education and Testing Personal Finance Sport Betting Markets Market Reaction to New Information Teaching Interests Masters Corporate Finance Valuation Case Studies Undergraduate Corporate Finance Financial Modeling Personal Finance Selected
Notable: “Linking Product Development Outcomes to Market Valuation of the Firm: The Case of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry*” (2004) · 142 citations
- Wenting Ma, Assistant Professor h-index 3
Empirical Corporate Finance Finance and Labor Innovation Teaching Interests General Corporate Finance Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst 121 Presidents Drive Amherst, MA 01003
Notable: “Board experiential diversity and corporate radical innovation” (2023) · 67 citations
- Simon Huang, Assistant Professor h-index 3
Asset Pricing Behavioral Finance Investment Management Financial History Teaching Interests General Data Science for Finance Investments Advanced Investments Fixed Income Securities Financial Management Selected Publications "The Momentum G
Notable: “Momentum in Imperial Russia” (2018) · 49 citations
- Lina Han, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Investments Mutual funds Fintech Behavioral finance Teaching Interests Fintech Quantitative trading Behavioral finance Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst 121 Presidents Drive Amherst, MA 01003
Notable: “The True Colors of Money: Racial Representation and Asset Management” (2021) · 4 citations
- Adam T. Jorring, Assistant Professor
Finance Macroeconomics Mortgages Teaching Interests Investments Recent Honors Boston College: Coughlin Distinguished Teaching Award, 2022 I study household and firm behavior in consumer credit markets, focusing on how competition, technolog
- Anya Mkrtchyan, Judith Wilkinson O'Connell Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor
Corporate finance Corporate governance Selected Publications "What do outside CEOs really do? Evidence from plant-level data,” with John Bai, 2023, Journal of Financial Economics 147, 27-48. “Internal governance and outside directors’ conne
- Javier A. Reyes, Chancellor; Professor of Finance
- Jeffrey Clark, Lecturer, David Gaunt Faculty Fellow in Real Estate; M.Fin. Academic Program Director
Real Estate Capital Markets Teaching Interests General Real Estate Development Corporate Real Estate Capital Markets Project Management Outsourcing and Client Services Corporate Finance Isenberg School of Management University of Massachuse
- Jeffrey G. Robert, Lecturer
Student Motivation Student Outcomes Classroom Gamification Real Estate Price Externalities Real Estate Zoning & Entitlements Real Estate Development Teaching Interests Real Estate Development Real Estate Investment Real Estate Market An
- Lea Bouhakkou, Senior Lecturer
- Mila Getmansky Sherman, Fuller and Meehan Endowed Professor, Director of CISDM
Empirical Asset Pricing Systemic Risk Hedge Funds Financial Crises Financial Institutions System Dynamics Teaching Interests Masters Finance Theory Core Financial Modeling Alternative Investments Undergraduate Alternative Investments Financ
- Robert Feingold, Lecturer
Security price reaction to surprises Effectiveness of quantitative security selection Measurement of fixed income trader effectiveness Teaching Interests General Investments Fixed Income Security Analysis Financial Markets Financial Stateme
- Soroosh Azizi, Lecturer
Applications of AI in Finance Portfolio Management Asset Pricing Teaching Interests Investment Fundamentals of Finance Financial Modeling Fixed Income Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst 121 Presidents Drive Am
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