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Meet the scholars who will shape the future of business.
Simon PhD students are analytical, creative, and well-versed in solving complex business problems. There isn’t a conventional Simon candidate; we help each student maximize their own unique potential.
Inside the Simon Finance PhD
Simon’s methodological approach to finance emphasize formal modeling of problems and empirical testing of alternative theories. Explore problems of corporate financial policy, individual consumption-investment choices, and capital market equilibrium in an uncertain environment using principles of price theory, mathematics, and statistics as a basis.
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Nicolas De Souza
Area of Study: Finance
Curriculum vitae
Prior Education
University of Sao Paulo, School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting, BS in Economics
Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), Sao Paulo School of Economics, MS in Economics; University of Rochester, Department of Economics, MA in Economics
Research Interests
Macro Finance, Monetary Policy, Banking, Liquidity
Current Projects:
Runs with Collateralizable Projects
Jiaqi Qu
Area of Study: Finance
Curriculum vitae
Prior Education
London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc in Finance and Economics
University of Sydney, Bachelor in Commerce (First Class Honour)