Anya Nakhmurina

Professor Nakhmurina's research interests revolve around financial reporting, governance, and monitoring. Her current work explores these topics in the context of municipal markets, as well as by focusing on institutional investors and shareholder activism.

Nakhmurina earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Additionally, she holds M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, has M.A. in economics from the New Economic School (Moscow, Russia), and M.Sc. and B.Sc. from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Outside of academia, Nakhmurina worked in venture capital at Buran Venture Capital, and in equity research at VTB Capital in Moscow, Russia.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Financial Reporting and Disclosure, Monitoring and Agency Problems, Political Economy of Finance, Municipal Governance and Finance, Activism and Institutional Investors

Expertise

• Activist Investors
• Corporate Governance
• Financial Reporting
• Municipalities
• Regulation

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2014 — 2019)
• Master of Arts (M.A.) New Economic School (2011 — 2013)
• Master of Science (MS) Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT) (2006 — 2012)
• passed CFA level I CFA Institute

Selected Works

• Working Papers

Importing Activists: Determinants and Consequences of Increased Cross-border Shareholder Activism
M. G. Maffet, A. Nakhmurina, and D. J. Skinner
2021

Does Fiscal Monitoring Make Better Governments? Evidence from US Municipalities
A. Nakhmurina
2020