Finance Research
The finance faculty is an active research group dedicated to advancing the understanding of financial economics. Many of the faculty have earned international reputations for contributions to their fields. They are officers of prestigious professional organizations, are editors of and serve on editorial boards of leading academic journals, and consult and teach for public and private sector organizations. They are frequent contributors to the leading scholarly journals in finance and economics.
The combined intellectual capital of the Smith School’s 150 full-time and 50 part-time faculty are geared to the forces that are transforming the global economy and business and dedicated to helping our students understand and adapt to change. The Smith School is consistently ranked in the top 15 in the world for faculty research by Businessweek and Financial Times.
Finance Seminar Speakers: Spring 2024
| Date | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|
| March 15 10:30 a.m. - Noon | Christian Opp University of Rochester Download paper | VMH 1520 |
| April 19 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Janet Gao Georgetown University Download paper | VMH 1330 |
| April 24 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Download paper | VMH 2333 |
| April 26 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. | Kerry Back Rice University Download paper | VMH 1330 |
| May 3 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Olivia Kim Harvard Business School Download paper | VMH 1330 |
| May 17 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Philip Dybvig Washington University in Saint Louis Download paper | VMH 2333 |
Finance Seminar Speakers: Fall 2023
| Date | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 7 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Stavros Panageas UCLA Download paper | Van Munching Hall, Room 2333 |
| September 15 10:30 a.m. to Noon | Winston Dou University of Pennsylvania | Van Munching Hall, Room 1330 |
| September 29 10:30 a.m. to Noon | Dmitiry Muravyev Michigan State University Download paper | Van Munching Hall, Room 1330 |
| October 6 10:30 a.m. - Noon | Luigi Zingales University of Chicago Download paper | Van Munching Hall, Room 1330 |
| October 18 3:30 p.m. | Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago Download paper | Tydings, Room 4103 |
| November 17 10:30 a.m. to Noon | Sheridan Titman University of Texas, Austin Download paper | Van Munching Hall, Room 1330 |
| December 8 10:30 a.m. to Noon | Lubos Pastor University of Chicago Download paper | Van Munching Hall, Room 1330 |
| December 15 10:30 a.m. to Noon | Jason Sockin Cornell University Download paper | Van Munching Hall, Room 1330 |
Financial Databases & Software
The Robert H. Smith School of Business provides its faculty and students easy access to the world’s leading online real-time financial data and software. In partnership with the University of Maryland McKeldin Library, the Robert H. Smith School of Business provides its faculty and students with a world-class set of research financial and other business databases, and the software to access them. Thomson Reuters Reuters 3000 Xtra – 62 concurrent accesses Reuters 3000 Xtra is a high-speed, integrated information and transaction service. It gives users a commanding view of the global real-time financial arena and provides a combination of news, information and insight as well as access to the global Reuters trading community. Its integrated price discovery and trading capabilities across all asset classes mean that decisions can be made and executed from a single desktop. Reuters 3000 Xtra reflects Reuters vast experience in global financial markets; functionality is continually upgraded and content enriched. Datastream Advance Thomson Datastream Advance offers you access to the world's largest and most respected financial statistical database. It contains more than two million financial instruments, securities, and indicators for over 175 countries in 60 markets. With up to 50 years of history and over 8,000 different fields, it provides access to over one hundred million time series. Thomson Datastream Advance combines easy-to-use, pre-formatted charts and tabular reports with truly flexible charting to help reveal new insights and relationships. Bloomberg Bloomberg Professional – 6 full function terminals The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service seamlessly integrates real-time and historical information on about 5 million bonds, equities, commodities, currencies and funds. The electronic library also comprises data on almost every publicly traded company and biographies of more than 1 million people. And because everything is provided in single source, information can be accessed, analyzed or archived with just a few keystrokes or clicks. Historical Databases and Retrieval Software Full access is available to members of the University of Maryland community and on the Maryland campus. WRDS We subscribe to the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), a web based data service that provides instant access to several research quality financial databases.
Research Articles
Traditional data sources couldn’t capture the whole economic picture during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading some to look to less-analyzed data sources – OpenTable reservations, TSA screenings, weekly credit-card transactions.
From the earliest weeks of the pandemic, Maryland Smith’s Nicole Coomber was noticing a worrying trend.
Every investor is chasing the answer to one question: When should I buy stocks and when should I sell them? It’s the elusive formula for timing the market. Now new research from Maryland Smith’s Albert S.
Financial institutions should be accounting for climate change, but risk models currently are insufficient for regulators to mandate climate stress testing or capital requirements, Maryland Smith’s Clifford Rossi said this week, speaking to the Subcommittee
What’s ahead for mortgage rates? There will be movement, says Maryland Smith’s Clifford Rossi, the question is: How much?