
Faculty & Research
UCLA Anderson’s finance faculty are world-renowned and the finance area has long been recognized as one of the world's top-10 programs. Our faculty's backgrounds cover nearly all aspects of the field: asset pricing; derivatives; micro-structure; corporate finance; and investment finance. Their research is frequently published in the industry’s most respected publications.
Faculty Research in UCLA Anderson Review

Short Take
When Younger Investors Overreact to News, Others Feel It
Inexperienced investors, lacking historical context, impact markets

Short Take
How an Excess of Stock Analyst Optimism Lands on Companies Least Deserving of It
Results of financially weak firms are difficult to forecast; in uncertainty, Mark Grinblatt finds, Wall Street’s views are overly generous

Short Take
How Tech's Disruption Alters Investors' Appetite for Risk
New technology’s upending of the old creates demand for alternative assets to offset risk
Faculty Research Grants
The Fink Center supports faculty research by awarding annual grants to support research projects with strong publication potential in finance and related fields.
Meet the recipients of 2020-2021 grant cycle.
Meet the recipients of 2020-2021 grant cycle.

Ashvin Gandhi
Assistant Professor of Strategy

Valentin Haddad
Assistant Professor of Finance

Bernard Herskovic
Assistant Professor of Finance

Jennifer Kao
Assistant Professor of Strategy

Jennifer McCaney
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Beatrice Michaeli
Assistant Professor of Accounting

Stavros Panageas
Professor of Finance
Conference on Financial Markets

Held annually, the Conference on Financial Markets features high-quality academic research relating to financial markets, and includes participation from leading practitioners at the intersection of research and practice. Papers are invited for submission on the broad theme of financial markets.
World-Class Faculty
At Anderson, we learn from changemakers who have made a profound impact on their industries and sectors. Meet some of our influential finance faculty.