Biography
Professor Roni Michaely is SFI professor of finance at Geneva Finance Research Institute at the University of Geneva. Before that, he was a Finance professor at Cornell University. Professor Michaely’s research interests are in the areas of empirical corporate finance, corporate governance, entrepreneurial finance, and fintech, where he recently launched a new executive education program (https://fintech-unige.ch/). He was recently recognized as one of the most-cited people in finance, and finished serving a four-year term as an associate editor for the Journal of Finance. Professor Michaely's research has received many awards such as the Journal of Financial Economics Fama Prize for best paper, the Journal of Finance Smith Breeden Prize for distinguished paper, The Review of Financial Studies Barclays Global Investors/Michael Brennan Award. His research has appeared in such scholarly journals as the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, Review of Finance, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. His research has also frequently featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the Economist, Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and others. Michaely has given over 200 invited research talks and conference presentations around the world, and is working with scholars from the US, Europe, and Asia on research in corporate finance.
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