Richard T. Thakor

About

Richard T. Thakor is an Assistant Professor of Finance at University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management. He is a Research Affiliate at the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE)  and a Research Affiliate at the WFA Center for Finance and Accounting Research (WFA-CFAR) at Washington University in St. Louis.  

He joined the finance department at University of Minnesota in June 2016 after earning his PhD in Financial Economics from MIT. He also holds an MS in Management Research from MIT, an MSc in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE), and a BA (summa cum laude) in Economics and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to earning his PhD, he worked in investment management as a Derivatives Trading Analyst. His research interests are in empirical and theoretical corporate finance, in the areas of R&D and innovation, healthcare finance, financial institutions, and the effects of access to financing on small firms.