Alp Simsek is a Professor of Finance at the Yale School of Management, a position he has held since 2022. Before joining Yale, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at MIT and, earlier, an Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He serves as a co-editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association and an associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Simsek's research focuses on the connections between financial markets and the macroeconomy, and extends into international and behavioral finance. His work examines how beliefs and speculation drive market fluctuations and affect business cycles. His recent research explores the relationships between asset prices, monetary policy, and economic activity. His scholarship appears in leading economics and finance journals, and has been featured in outlets such as Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal.
He has received several prizes for research and teaching, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the Brattle Prize for the best paper on corporate finance (second place), the Western Finance Association NASDAQ award for the best paper in asset pricing, and the best undergraduate and graduate teacher awards from the MIT economics department. Simsek earned bachelor's degrees in mathematics and computer science from MIT in 2004, a master of engineering degree from MIT in 2005, and a PhD in economics from MIT in 2010.
