Matthew Gustafson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Finance, Smeal College of Business, Penn State

Gustafson’s work has been accepted for publication at journals such as The Journal of Financial Economics, The Journal of Public Economics, The Journal of Accounting and Economics, Management Science, and The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. In addition, he has presented his work at top finance and economics conferences such as, the American, Western, and European Finance Associations and the American Economic Association Annual Meetings. He earned his PhD from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester in June of 2013. While at the Simon School, he taught two core MBA finance classes and was named to the Simon School Teaching Honor Roll. Matthew graduated from Swarthmore College in 2005 with a degree in economics. Before beginning his doctoral studies in 2008 he worked at a financial consulting company, obtained an M.S. in Applied Statistics from Villanova University, and coached basketball at Swarthmore where he had been team captain in 2005.

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