Jiri Knesl
Associate Professor of Finance at Said Business School
Biography
Said Business School
Jiri is an Associate Professor of Finance at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Jiri’s research focuses on empirical and theoretical asset pricing. His work is centred on the role of technological changes and innovation for asset prices. He is interested in how technology interacts with capital and different types of labour, how these interactions affect firms’ riskiness and are reflected on financial markets. His recent work examines how technological innovations that allow displacement of labour by capital affect stock prices.
Jiri has completed his PhD in Finance at the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, in Canada. Prior to this, he obtained an MSc in Quantitative Finance and MSc in Finance and Accounting at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Education
University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business
- Ph.D., Finance 2013-2019
Vienna University of Economics and Business
- MSc., Quantitative Finance 2011-2013
- MSc., Finance and Accounting 2009-2012
- BSc., Business, Economics and Social Sciences 2006-2009
Research
Jiri’s research is concerned with asset pricing with an emphasis on the interplay between technology, capital and labour.
Teaching
Jiri teaches empirical asset pricing and asset management to MFE and MBA students.
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2020 UWFC Paper 4 Presentation
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