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Alexander Zentefis

Alexander Zentefis

Assistant Professor of Finance

Professor Zentefis does research on institutions, financial intermediation, and corporate culture. His recent research shows how low equity in the banking sector raises bank market power and disrupts the transmission of monetary policy to the real economy. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD from the University of Chicago.

Education

  • PhD, The University of Chicago
  • MS, Washington University in St. Louis
  • BS, Washington University in St. Louis

Article

Self-Fulfilling Asset Prices

Alexander Zentefis
Review of Asset Pricing Studies
2022 Article

Corporate Culture

Alexander Zentefis, Gary Gorton and Jillian Grennan
Annual Review of Financial Economics
2022 Article

Working Paper

Bank Access Across America

J. Sakong and A. K. Zentefis
2023 Working Paper

Extreme Points of First-Order Stochastic Dominance Intervals: Theory and Applications

K. H. Yang and A. K. Zentefis
2023 Working Paper

Efficient Market Structures Under Incomplete Information

K. H. Yang and A. K. Zentefis
2022 Working Paper

Achievements

  • AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, 2017
  • John Leusner Fellowship, 2017
  • WFA-CFAR Best Finance PhD Paper Award, 2016
  • Fischer Black Fellowship,  2016