> Nikolai Roussanov, PhD Moise Y. Safra Professor of Finance, The Wharton SchoolResearch Interests:Interaction between asset pricing and macroeconomics About Nikolai Nikolai Roussanov is Moise Y. Safra Professor and Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on areas of interaction between asset pricing and macroeconomics, ranging from equity to fixed income, currency, and commodity markets, to entrepreneurship and individual financial behavior. His articles have been published in the Journal of Finance, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Monetary Economics, and Management Science, and won a number of prizes, including the 2015 AQR Insight Award. He currently serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Financial Economics and has in the past served on editorial boards of the Journal of Finance and Journal of Monetary Economics, as Editor of the Review of Asset Pricing Studies, and President of the Macro Finance Society. At Wharton he has taught courses on Behavioral Finance, Fixed Income Securities, and Consumer Financial Decision Making to undergraduate and MBA students, as well as Empirical Methods in Finance aimed at students in the doctoral program. Roussanov received an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Harvard College in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Chicago in 2008. Executive Education Programs TaughtInvestment Strategies and Portfolio ManagementDevelop investment portfolios that generate the highest return for your level of investment risk. This program provides a solid foundation for building optimal portfolios and effective tools for making better investments. Private Wealth ManagementAcademic DirectorExperience the rigorous Wharton wealth management curriculum in a confidential setting with other affluent families. High net-worth investors from more than 50 countries have attended this five-day program offered in conjunction with the Institute for Private Investors (IPI) since 1999.
