Carlos Fernando Avenancio-Leon

My research agenda focuses on Equitable Finance—the role of financial mechanisms in economic redistribution and its implications for disadvantaged communities and inequality. My broad finance interests include Corporate Finance, Household Finance, and Labor & Finance. My broad legal interests include Empirical Legal Studies, Commercial Law, and Law of the Political Process.

Education

• University of California—Berkeley, Ph.D. in Finance, 2018
• University of California—Berkeley, M.S. in Finance, 2015
• University of Puerto Rico—Río Piedras, J.D., Rank: 3rd/234, Magna Cum Laude, 2011
• University of Puerto Rico—Río Piedras, M.B.A. in Finance, 2011
• University of Puerto Rico–Humacao, B.S. Computational Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, 2006
• Cornell University, Visiting Student, 2005

Academic Positions

• University of California—San Diego
  • Assistant Professor of Finance, Rady School of Management, 2021 – Present
• Indiana University—Bloomington
  • Assistant Professor of Finance, Kelley School of Business, 2019 – 2021
  • Faculty Affiliate, Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society, 2019 – 2021
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist, Golub Center for Finance and Policy, 2018 – 2019