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A strong global economy relies upon professionals who have a mastery of how to allocate money to its highest-valued use. The study of finance provides students with an in-depth understanding of how businesses raise and invest capital, how individuals allocate their savings among different investment alternatives and how markets function to equate the demand for capital by firms and the supply of capital by investors.
Drexel LeBow’s Department of Finance boasts an award-winning group of faculty members, who are leading researchers and dedicated teachers. A ranking of research publications names LeBow’s finance faculty among the top 66 worldwide.
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LeBow Financial Literacy Program
Demystifying Personal Finance in the Classroom and Beyond
Spearheaded by Clinical Professor Jodi Cataline and made possible by seed funding from a generous LeBow alumnus, the program builds on LeBow’s undergraduate Financial Literacy course to create a series of modules aimed at younger, pre-college audiences and engages current LeBow students in delivering these modules to high school students through community outreach efforts in Philadelphia-area high schools.
Department Faculty and Research
Most faculty research pertains to corporate finance or corporate governance. In the finance area, research topics include mergers and acquisitions, dividend policy, capital budgeting, issuing securities and capital structure. Some faculty work in investments with a focus on behavioral finance, mutual funds and hedge funds. Research topics in corporate governance include board composition, executive compensation, director reputation, board input into mergers and acquisitions, and issues relating to bankruptcy and fraud.
Finance Trading Lab and Bloomberg Terminal Room
The finance and trading labs are equipped with cutting-edge, industry-standard software on 42 computers for student and faculty use.
Learn more about the Finance Trading Lab and Bloomberg Terminal Room
Highlighted Research
Fich, Eliezer M., Starks, Laura, and Tran, Anh, Target Firm Advertising and Firm Value. Management Science (May 2024).
Lowry, Michelle, ES Risks and Shareholder Voice. Review of Financial Studies 36 (Dec 2023):4824-4863.
Fich, Eliezer M., Parrino, Robert, and Tran, Anh, When and how are rule 10b5-1 plans used for insider stock sales?. Journal of Financial Economics 149 (Jul 2023):1-26.
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