Alexander Gorbenko

Alexander Gorbenko is an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at the Department of Economics and School of Management, University College London. He previously was an Assistant Professor of Finance at London Business School (2010-2014) and an Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics at Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (2014-2020). He holds degrees from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (M.Sc., Applied Math and Physics, 2004), New Economic School, Moscow (M.A., Economics, 2005), and Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Ph.D., Finance, 2010).

Alexander's research interests are theory and structural estimation in areas of capital structure, market design, financial auctions, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and private equity. His work includes papers published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics. Among other awards, Alexander has received the NASDAQ OMX Award for the best asset pricing paper by the Western Finance Association.

Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Companies

• Associate Professor of Economics and Finance University College London (2020)
• Assistant Professor of Finance USC Marshall School of Business (2015 — 2020)
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance University of Southern California (2014 — 2015)
• Assistant Professor of Finance London Business School (2010 — 2015)
• PhD Candidate, Finance Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2005 — 2010)

Skills

• Management Consulting
• Valuation
• Finance

Other

Quantitative Finance, Higher Education, University Teaching, Quantitative Analytics, Stata, Research, Financial Analysis, Corporate Finance, Statistics, Econometrics, Data Analysis, Economics, Financial Modeling