Anjan Thakor
Interim Dean, John M. Olin Business School, Director of Doctoral Programs, CFAR and John E. Simon Professor of Finance
Area of Expertise:
Banking and Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Innovation and Growth, Banking and Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Innovation and Growth
Research Interests:
Corporate finance, financial intermediation and economics of asymmetric information.
Selected Publications:
- "Intermediation Variety, forthcoming", Journal of Finance, with J. Donaldson, G. Piacentino
- "Bank Culture", Journal of Financial Intermediation, 59-79, with F. Song, 2019
- "Lending Booms, Smart Bankers, and Financial Crises", American Economic Review, Issue 5, 305-309, 2015
- "Incentives to Innovate and Financial Crises", Journal of Financial Economics, Issue 103(1), 130-148, 2012
- "Financial Intermediation as a Beliefs-Bridge Between Optimists and Pessimists", Journal of Financial Economics, Issue 75(3), 535-570, with J. Coval, 2005
- "The Entrepreneur's Choice Between Private and Public Ownership", Journal of Finance, Issue 61(2), 803-836, with A. Boot, R. Gopalan, 2006
- "Overconfidence, Leadership Selection, and Corporate Governance", Journal of Finance, Issue 63(6), 2737-2784, with A. Goel, 2008
- "Warehouse Banking", Journal of Financial Economics, Issue 2, 250-267, with J. Donaldson, G. Piacentino, 2018
Academic/Professional Activities:
- Publisher, Academic Press
- Guest Editor, Special Issue of Financial Management on Corporate Investments
- Committee Member, Western Finance Association Program Committee
- Committee Member, Western Finance Association Program Committee
- Managing Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation
- Officer, President/Elect/Past, Financial Intermediation Research Society
- Editor, Journal Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation
Awards/Honors:
- Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to financial intermediation research, Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS), 2021
- Reid Teaching Award - Executive MBA St. Louis/Kansas City, Olin Business School, 2017
- Reid MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Olin School of Business, 2005
- Outstanding Teacher in Doctoral Program, University of Michigan Business School, 2003
- American Finance Association Nominating Committee for Vice-Presidents and Directors, 2001
- Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award, University of Michigan Business School, 1999
- Nobel Prize in Economics Nominating Committee, 1993
Personal Interests:
Professor Thakor enjoys painting, skiing and weight lifting
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Prior to joining the Olin Business School, Thakor was The Edward J. Frey Professor of Banking and Finance at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, where he also served as chairman of the Finance area. He has served on the faculties of Indiana University, Northwestern University, and UCLA. He has worked with many companies, including Whirlpool Corporation, Allison Engine Co., Citigroup, RR Donnelley, Dana Corporation, Anheuser-Busch, Zenith Corporation, Lincoln National Corporation, J.P. Morgan, Landscape Structures, Inc., CIGNA, Borg-Warner Automotive, Waxman Industries, Reuters, The Limited, Ryder Integrated Logistics, AT&T, CH2M Hill, Takata Corporation, Tyson Foods, Spartech, and Bunge. He also served as an expert witness in many federal cases involving banking litigation.
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Email: thakor@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-7197
PhD 1979, Northwestern University
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