Faculty Profile

Bakshi

Dr. Gurdip S. Bakshi
Dean's Professor of Finance

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

4413 Van Munching Hall
301.405.2261
gbakshi@rhsmith.umd.edu
www.smith.umd.edu/faculty/gbakshi

 
Professor Bakshi's research interests include asset pricing, international finance, term structure of interest rates, default risk, and pricing of derivative securities. His works have been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Business, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Review of Financial Studies. His recent work focuses on studying the valuation structures of technology stocks, risk premiums, investor irrationality, probability of stock market crashes, and credit risks.  He was appointed FDIC Fellow  in 2005, and won research grants from FDIC and BSI Gamma Foundation. Professor Bakshi also serves on the editorial boards of Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Derivatives Research and Journal of Financial Econometrics. He was ranked top 15% teacher in 2003 and 2004.