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Malcolm P. Baker
Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration
Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He was the Unit Head for finance from 2014 to 2018, and the program director for corporate finance at the National Bureau of Economic Research from 2011 to 2018.
Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He was the Unit Head for finance from 2014 to 2018, and the program director for corporate finance at the National Bureau of Economic Research from 2011 to 2018.

Marco Di Maggio
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Marco Di Maggio is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining HBS, he was an assistant professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School.
Marco Di Maggio is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining HBS, he was an assistant professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School.

Robin Greenwood
George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking; Unit Head, Finance
Robin is the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, where he is also the Unit Head for Finance. He works in behavioral and institutional finance, with a particular focus on "macro-level" market inefficiencies. He is the faculty chair of the Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability Project.
Robin is the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, where he is also the Unit Head for Finance. He works in behavioral and institutional finance, with a particular focus on "macro-level" market inefficiencies. He is the faculty chair of the Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability Project.

Samuel G. Hanson
Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration
Samuel G. Hanson is a Marvin Bower Associate Professorin the Finance Unit of Harvard Business School, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He teaches the Investment Strategies course in the MBA elective curriculum and a PhD course in Empirical Methods.
Samuel G. Hanson is a Marvin Bower Associate Professorin the Finance Unit of Harvard Business School, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He teaches the Investment Strategies course in the MBA elective curriculum and a PhD course in Empirical Methods.

Victoria Ivashina
Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration
Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. She also serves on the editorial boards of the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies.
Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. She also serves on the editorial boards of the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies.

Carmen Reinhart
Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, Harvard Kennedy School
Carmen M. Reinhart is the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, she was the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for International Economicsat the University of Maryland. She spent several years at the International Monetary Fund. Reinhart is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Advisers and Council on Foreign Relations, and was listed among Bloomberg Markets Most Influential 50 in Finance.
Carmen M. Reinhart is the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, she was the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for International Economicsat the University of Maryland. She spent several years at the International Monetary Fund. Reinhart is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Advisers and Council on Foreign Relations, and was listed among Bloomberg Markets Most Influential 50 in Finance.

Peter Sands
Senior Fellows at Harvard Kennedy School
Peter Sands was Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank from November 2006 to June 2015. As a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Sands’ research will explore a variety of topics related to banks and financial markets.
Peter Sands was Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank from November 2006 to June 2015. As a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Sands’ research will explore a variety of topics related to banks and financial markets.

David S. Scharfstein
Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking; Senior Associate Dean, Doctoral Programs
David Scharfstein is the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School. He is also the Senior Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. He teaches the MBA course, Managing the Financial Firm, as well as the Ph.D. course, Corporate Finance and Banking. Scharfstein has published on a broad range of topics in finance.
David Scharfstein is the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School. He is also the Senior Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. He teaches the MBA course, Managing the Financial Firm, as well as the Ph.D. course, Corporate Finance and Banking. Scharfstein has published on a broad range of topics in finance.

Andrei Shleifer
John L. Loeb Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Andrei is the John L. Loeb Professor of Economic at Harvard University, and one of the the founders of Behavioral Finance. He has published seven books, including A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility (with Nicola Gennaioli), and Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance, as well as over a hundred articles. Shleifer is an Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and a fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Finance Association. In 1999, Shleifer won the John Bates Clark medal of the American Economic Association.
Andrei is the John L. Loeb Professor of Economic at Harvard University, and one of the the founders of Behavioral Finance. He has published seven books, including A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility (with Nicola Gennaioli), and Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance, as well as over a hundred articles. Shleifer is an Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and a fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Finance Association. In 1999, Shleifer won the John Bates Clark medal of the American Economic Association.

Erik Stafford
John A. Paulson Professor of Business Administration
Erik joined the faculty at HBS in July 1999, where he has taught finance in the required and elective curricula of the MBA Program and in the CFA Investment Management Workshop. Erik has written extensively on market efficiency in a number of contexts.
Erik joined the faculty at HBS in July 1999, where he has taught finance in the required and elective curricula of the MBA Program and in the CFA Investment Management Workshop. Erik has written extensively on market efficiency in a number of contexts.

Jeremy C. Stein
Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard University
Jeremy C. Stein is the Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard
University, where he teaches courses in finance in the undergraduate and PhD programs.
Before coming to Harvard in 2000, Stein was on the finance faculty of M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management for ten years, most recently as the J.C. Penney Professor of Management.
He received his AB in economics summa cum laude
from Princeton University in 1983 and his PhD in economics from M.I.T. in 1986. From May 2012 to May 2014, Stein was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Jeremy C. Stein is the Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard
University, where he teaches courses in finance in the undergraduate and PhD programs.
Before coming to Harvard in 2000, Stein was on the finance faculty of M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management for ten years, most recently as the J.C. Penney Professor of Management.
He received his AB in economics summa cum laude
from Princeton University in 1983 and his PhD in economics from M.I.T. in 1986. From May 2012 to May 2014, Stein was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Lawrence Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Lawrence H. Summers is President Emeritus of Harvard University. During the past two decades he has served in a series of senior policy positions, including Vice President of development economics and chief economist of the World Bank, Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Director of the National Economic Council for the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2011, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, from 1999 to 2001. He has written extensively on many fields in economics, most recently on policy responses to secular stagnation.
Lawrence H. Summers is President Emeritus of Harvard University. During the past two decades he has served in a series of senior policy positions, including Vice President of development economics and chief economist of the World Bank, Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Director of the National Economic Council for the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2011, and Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, from 1999 to 2001. He has written extensively on many fields in economics, most recently on policy responses to secular stagnation.

Adi Sunderam
Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration
Adi Sunderam is a Marvin Bower Associate Professor of business administration in the Finance Unit, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He teaches Investment Management in the MBA elective curriculum and a Ph.D. course in Empirical Methods. In 2009 and 2010, he served in the U.S. Treasury Department as a special assistant and liaison to the White House National Economic Council.
Adi Sunderam is a Marvin Bower Associate Professor of business administration in the Finance Unit, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He teaches Investment Management in the MBA elective curriculum and a Ph.D. course in Empirical Methods. In 2009 and 2010, he served in the U.S. Treasury Department as a special assistant and liaison to the White House National Economic Council.

Luis M. Viceira
George E. Bates Professor; Senior Associate Dean, Executive Education
Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at the Harvard Business School (HBS). Professor Viceira has been a member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School since 1998. He develops research, case writing, and teaching in the areas of investment management and capital markets. He is currently the instructor for the Investment Management course in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program and co-chair of the CFA Institute Investment Management Program for asset managers at HBS.
Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at the Harvard Business School (HBS). Professor Viceira has been a member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School since 1998. He develops research, case writing, and teaching in the areas of investment management and capital markets. He is currently the instructor for the Investment Management course in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program and co-chair of the CFA Institute Investment Management Program for asset managers at HBS.
Post Doctoral

Vitaly Bord
Post Doctoral
Vitaly Bord completed his PhD in Business Economics at Harvard University in 2018. His dissertation examined the negative effect of bank consolidation on financial inclusion.
Vitaly Bord completed his PhD in Business Economics at Harvard University in 2018. His dissertation examined the negative effect of bank consolidation on financial inclusion.
Doctoral Students

Michael Blank
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student

Angela Ma
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student
Spencer Kwon
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student
Yang You
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student