The Ph.D. program in financial economics has an outstanding and impressive track record in terms of quality of placements and research. Below are a list our graduates, and placements.
Financial Economics Graduates
| Leland Bybee (2024) Chicago Booth School of Business Committee: Barberis (chair), Goetzmann, Goldsmith-Pinkham, Simsek | Allen Hu (2024) UBC Sauder School of Business Committee: Barberis (co-chair), Giglio (co-chair), Jensen, Ma, Shu |
| Dhruv Aggarwal (2023) Northwestern Law Committee: Barberis (chair), Ma, Tookes, Romano | Leandro de Miranda Gomes (2023) Balyasby Asset Management Committee: Barberis, Giglio (chair), Kelly, Simsek |
| Canyao Liu (2022) Hudson River Trading Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Giglio, Shue | Kevin Zhao (2021) Office of Financial Research Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Goetzmann, Shue) |
| Natee Amornsiripanitch (2021) Federal Reserve Bank Committee: Gorton (chair), Goldsmith-Pinkham, Metrick, LaPoint | Thomas Bonczek (2021) Master Works Committee: Giglio, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Spiegel |
| Steven Fortney (2021) Uber Committee: Clayton, Giglio (chair), Gorton, Tookes | Chase P. Ross (2021) Federal Reserve Board Committee: Giglio, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Moskowitz |
| Sharon Y. Ross (2021) Office of Financial Research Committee: Gorton (chair), Kelly, Metrick, Moskowitz | Avner Langut (2020) Cornerstone Research Committee: Barberis (chair), Giglio, Goetzmann, Metrick |
| Chen Wang (2020) University of Notre Dame Committee: Barberis (chair), Giglio, Moskowitz, Giglio | Yifan Zhu (2020) Security and Exchange Commission Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Ingersoll, Shue |
| Toomas Laarits (2019) Initial Placement at New York University-Stern Committee: Giglio, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Moreira | Ben Matthies (2019) Initial Placement at University of Notre Dame Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Rouwenhorst, Spiegel |
| Arun Gupta (2019) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Board, New York City Committee: English, Gorton (chair), Metrick, Tookes | Cameron Peng (2018) Initial Placement at London School of Economics Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Goetzmann, Shue |
| Kyriakos Chousakos (2018) Initial Placement at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch Committee: Gorton (co-chair), Ingersoll, Metrick, Moskowitz (co-chair), Ordonez | Jun Wu (2018) Initial Placement at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Committee: Barberis (Chair), Ingersoll, Niessner, Spiegel |
| Garence Staraci (2018) Initial Placement at AQR Capital Management Committee: Barberis (chair), Ingersoll, Murfin, Niessner | Andrew Sinclair (2017) Initial Placement at University of Hong Kong Committee: Chen (chair), Goetzmann, Metrick, Spiegel |
| Steven Malliaris (2016) Initial Placement at University of Georgia Committee: Choi, Ingersoll, Niessner, Yan (chair) | Sean Hundtofte (2016) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Bank, New York City Committee: Barberis (chair), Choi, Gorton, Metrick |
| Wenxi Jiang (2015) Initial Placement at Chinese University of Hong Kong Committee: Barberis (chair), Goetzmann, Ingersoll, Yan | Sriya Anbil (2015) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. Committee: Gorton, Metrick, Murfin, Tookes (chair), |
| Peter Kelly (2015) Initial Placement at University of Notre Dame Committee: Ayres, Barberis (chair), Metrick, Murfin | Lawrence (Jiaqi) Jin (2015) Initial Placement at California Institute of Technology Committee: Barberis, Ingersoll (chair), Chen, Goetzmann |
| Simon Huang (2015) Initial Placement at Southern Methodist University Committee: Barberis, Goetzmann (chair), Metrick, Thomas | Stephen Karolyi (2014) Initial Placement at Carnegie Mellon University Committee: Gorton (chair), Metrick, Murfin, Spiegel |
| Cecil Wang (2014) Initial Placement at Citigroup Committee: Chen, Goetzmann (chair), Spiegel, Tookes | Lei Xie (2013) Initial Placement at AQR Capital Management Committee: Barberis, Gorton, (chair), Metrick, Murfin |
| Stefan Lewellen (2013) Initial Placement at London Business School Committee: Barberis, Gorton, Metrick (chair), Tookes | Jinfan Zhang (2013) Initial Placement at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Committee: Chen, Gorton (chair), Moreira, Yan |
| Jacqueline Yen (2013) Initial Placement at Federal Reserve Bank, New York City Committee: Goetzmann, Gorton, Metrick (chair), Shiller | Philip Ostromogolsky (2012) Initial Placement at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Committee: Gorton, Murfin, Spiegel (chair), Tookes |
| Dasol Kim (2011) Initial Placement at Case Western Reserve University | Roy Zuckerman (2010) Initial Placement at Rutgers University |
| Bjorn Johnson (2010) Initial Placement at DePaul University | Dong Lou (2009) Initial Placement at London School of Economics |
| Darwin Choi (2009) Initial Placement at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Ankur Pareek (2009) Initial Placement at Rutgers University |
| Denis Sosyura (2008) Initial Placement at University of Michigan | Vicente Pons-Sanz (2008) Initial Placement at Citigroup, London |
| Steven Jordan (2006) Initial Placement at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Ming Fang (2006) Initial Placement at Asset Management Corp. |
| Yijie Zhang (2006) Initial Placement at Arrowstreet Capital | Deniz Yavuz (2006) Initial Placement at Arizona State University |
| Xiaotong Wang (2006) Initial Placement at Penn State University | Johan Walden (2005) Initial Placement at University of California-Berkeley |
| Jin Liu (2004) Initial Placement at Lehman Brothers | Gerard Hoberg (2004) Initial Placement at University of Maryland |
| Hong Zhang (2004) Initial Placement at INSEAD-Singapore | Yuewu Xu (2004) Initial Placement at TIAA-CREF |
| Masahiro Watanabe (2003) Initial Placement at Rice University | Andrey Ukhov (2003) Initial Placement at University of Indiana-Bloomington |
| Ning Zhu (2003) Initial Placement at University of California-Davis | Zoran Ivkovich (2001) Initial Placement at University of Illinois |
| Evan Gatev (2001) Initial Placement at Boston College | Subhankar Nayak (2001) Initial Placement at Georgia Tech |
| Cheekiat Low (2000) Initial Placement at National University of Singapore | Lu Zheng (1999) Initial Placement at University of Michigan |
| Charles (Xongxin) Wang (1999) Initial Placement at Aetus Investment Management | Boleslav Gulko (1998) Initial Placement at General Reinsurance Corp. |
| Yan Fan (1998) Initial Placement at Goldman Sachs | Massimo Massa (1998) Initial Placement at INSEAD |
| Haitao Li (1998) Initial Placement at Cornell University | Maria Ignatiadou (1998) Initial Placement at Credit Suisse First Boston |
| Mingsung Tang (1996) Initial Placement at Fordham University | Jingxi Liu (1996) Initial Placement at Capital Market Risk Advisors |
| David Quinn (1995) | Kyle Kashima (1993) Initial Placement at Cornerstone Research |
| Torben Andersen (1992) Initial Placement at Northwestern University | Hans-Jurgen Knoch (1991) Initial Placement at J.P. Morgan Stanley |
| Zhiwu Chen (1990) Initial Placement at University of Wisconsin, Madison | Jonathan Berk (1990) Initial Placement at University of British Columbia |
| William Goetzmann (1990) Initial Placement at Columbia University | Steven Feinstein (1989) Initial Placement at Boston University |
| Jaime Zender (1988) Initial Placement at University of Utah | Buhmsoo Choi (1988) Initial Placement at Korea Development Institute, South Korea |
| Anant Sundaram (1987) Initial Placement at Dartmouth College | Yashushi Hamao (1987) Initial Placement at University of California, San Diego |
| Jonathan Tiemann (1986) Initial Placement at Harvard University |