Finance Department

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Faculty at Mendoza advance scholarship across asset pricing and investment, market microstructure and financial market design, corporate governance, behavioral finance, real estate, and macro-finance. Their research combines methodological innovation with real-world relevance and appears in top finance journals.

Finance Acumen

Explore how Mendoza finance faculty are advancing understanding of financial markets, investing, corporate governance, and economic decision-making. Read about how faculty scholarship is contributing to academic conversations while generating insights relevant to business, markets, and society.

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Faculty in the Media

How much SpaceX are you about to own?

Finance expert John Shim discusses why prospective investors should wait for the I.P.O excitement to die down before buying.

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Research that Grows the Good

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Thought Leadership

Mendoza finance faculty are leading scholars whose work advances understanding of financial markets, investment, governance, and decision-making. Researchers like Tim Loughran, Paul H. Schultz and Martijn J. Cremers are recognized in the top 2% of scientists worldwide. Their work helps shape the discipline while informing practice and policy.

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Published Research

Explore the recent research publications in top journals from Mendoza's finance faculty.

Lectures and Conferences

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Leadership

Shane Corwin

  • Applied Investment Management Alumni Collegiate Professor of Finance; Department Chair of Finance

James Leady

  • Teaching Professor; Assistant Department Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Finance Department

Jason Reed

  • Wade Family Associate Teaching Professor of Finance; Associate Director of Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing

Katherine Spiess

  • Academic Director of the Master of Science in Finance-Residential Program; Associate Professor

Andrea Tamoni

  • Associate Professor; Wade Family Faculty Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI)
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Academic Programs

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M.S. in Finance (MSF)

Master financial concepts like modeling, valuation and forecasting that position you for a role in private wealth management, investing, consulting and more.

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