** NEW ** Incoming Faculty **

Greetings to our new Faculty members!

Vincent Glode-Assistant Professor of Finance, teaching (Spring 2010) FNCE 207/728 (Corporate Valuation)

Credentials:
Ph.D. in Finance, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009
M.Sc. in Finance, Université Laval, 2004
B.B.A., Université Laval, 2002

Professor Vincent Glode joins the Wharton School after completing a Ph.D. in Finance at Carnegie Mellon University.
He works on understanding the economics of financial institutions like investment banks, mutual funds, or private equity funds.
Prior to his doctoral studies, Professor Glode worked briefly as a credit analyst for Export Development Canada and as a
research assistant for the Provincial Finance Department of Quebec. He also completed the three exams of the Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA) program. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf and basketball as well as watching his favorite
sports teams win championships.

Todd Gormley-Assistant Professor of Finance, teaching (Spring 2010) FNCE 203 (Advanced Corporate Finance)

Credentials:
B.A. in Economics, Michigan State University, 2001
Ph.D. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006

Prior to joining Wharton, Professor Gormley taught at Washington University’s Olin Business School. Professor Gormley works
in the areas of empirical corporate finance, banking, and financial development. His recent research examines the importance
of agency conflicts arising from managers’ exposure to risk and the impact of competition between different types of financial
intermediaries. Professor Gormley’s past research has looked at how insurance against large downside risks affects household
portfolio choices and how foreign banks’ entry into developing countries may affect the local firms.

Mark Jenkins-Assistant Professor of Finance, teaching (Spring 2010) FNCE 891 (Bankruptcy)

Credentials
Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University
B.S.E. in Engineering and Mathematics, Duke University

Professor Jenkins joins the Wharton Finance Department from the Economics Department at Stanford, where his work focused on
consumer credit markets, and in particular, on lending to very high risk borrowers. Recent research studies empirical methods for
contract pricing in the presence of adverse selection and moral hazard, the impact of credit scoring on consumer lending outcomes,
and the effect of ex post moral hazard and collateral risk on secured lending. In addition to consumer credit, Professor Jenkins’
areas of interest include corporate finance, applied econometrics, and industrial organization.

Pracila Maziero-Assistant Professor of Finance, teaching (Spring 2010) FNCE 924 (Intertemporal Macro Finance)

Credentials:
B. A. University of Sao Paulo State, Brazil
M. A. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota

Professor Maziero is joining the finance department after finishing her PhD in Economics at the University of Minnesota.
Professor Maziero works in the areas of macroeconomics, contract theory and public finance. Her recent research examines
the contractual arrangements that emerge endogenously in an economy with privately informed agents that can sign multiple
contracts simultaneously. Her workalso studies the theoretical and quantitative implications of optimal contracts in the presence
of private information.

Krista Schwarz-Assistant Professor of Finance, teaching (Spring 2010) FNCE 238/738 (Funding Investments)

Credentials:
PhD, Columbia University, 2010 expected
MA, Johns Hopkins University, 1999
BA, Trinity College, 1994

Professor Schwarz joins the Wharton faculty from the Finance and Economics Department at Columbia University’s Graduate
School of Business. Her research interests are in empirical asset pricing and market microstructure with a special interest in
understanding the role of liquidity and credit in financial crises. She is also interested in the functioning of interbank funding
markets, and has worked on the open market desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Ivan Shaliastovich-Assistant Professor of Finance, teaching (Spring 2010) FNCE 100 (Corporate Finance)

Credentials:
Ph.D. in Economics, Duke University, 2009
M.A. in Economics, Duke University, 2007

Professor Shaliastovich joins the Finance Department at Wharton from the Economics Department at Duke University.
His primary academic interests focus on understanding the nature and sources of risks in financial markets. Current
research projects examine large moves (jumps) in asset prices, their connection to real economy and expectations
about long-run growth, learning about expected growth and confidence risksexplanations for jump risk in option and
equity markets. Other examples of academic research include a long-run risks explanation of expectations hypotheses
violations in bond and currency markets.