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Doctor of Business Administration Olin Advantages e Doctor of Business Administration in Finance degree from Olin Business School is designed for individuals with substantial work experience who want to pursue a career at the highest levels of research, create new knowledge, and impact the direction of an organizations. A Message from the Director “In today’s unpredictable business environment, the ability to conduct and interpret applied research is crucial for corporations to address problems and spur growth. Olin’s Doctor of Business Administration in Finance provides the tools for program graduates to flourish in a career focused on industry-relevant applied research.” – Anjan akor, Director of Doctoral Programs and John E. Simon Professor of Finance Degree Requirements Washington University in St. Louis is one of the nation’s leading research institutions and is committed to excellence in teaching, as well as scholarship. The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program offers you a collaborative atmosphere centered on industry-relevant applied research. This advanced graduate program crosses traditional boundaries and provides you the opportunity, under the guidance of Washington University faculty, for structured coursework along with focused, independent scholarly reading and research on important issues relating to business. The Olin DBA is a practitioner’s doctoral degree designed to meet the needs of the researching professional rather than the professional researcher. While a PhD is intended for those who wish to pursue research careers in academia, the DBA is extended graduate study beyond a master’s degree for those who wish to pursue careers in corporations, consulting firms, or government agencies that can benefit from advanced research skills in analyzing business problems. The research capabilities developed in the DBA program are of an applied nature, with more immediate, real-world applicability than typical research pursued in the PhD program. The DBA program is aimed at those who are working in industry and may continue to work during their enrollment in the DBA program. “The DBA in Finance program at Olin Business School has provided me with a comprehensive foundation in finance and has given me the tools to successfully pursue my personal goals. Working with faculty has been an invaluable experience and has taught me the real-world applicability of several finance topics in corporate finance and asset pricing.” – Francisco Marcet, 2016 DBA Candidate The completion of the DBA in Finance program requires 72 credit hours of graduate coursework in finance-related topics. In addition, as a DBA student you must maintain satisfactory academic progress; pass examinations and paper requirements; and write, submit, and defend a doctoral thesis. All students are expected to finish the program within four years on a full-time basis, or five to six years on a part-time basis. doctoral thesis research development 24 research credits comprehensive financial foundation development 48 course credits (26 required/22 elective)
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Doctor of Business Administration
Olin Advantages
The Doctor of Business Administration in Finance degree from Olin Business School is designed for individuals with substantial work experience who want to pursue a career at the highest levels of research, create new knowledge, and impact the direction of an organizations.
A Message from the Director“In today’s unpredictable business environment, the ability to conduct and interpret applied research is crucial for corporations to address problems and spur growth. Olin’s Doctor of Business Administration in Finance provides the tools for program graduates to flourish in a career focused on industry-relevant applied research.”
– Anjan Thakor, Director of Doctoral Programs and John E. Simon Professor of Finance
Degree Requirements
Washington University in St. Louis is one of the nation’s leading research institutions and is committed to excellence in teaching, as well as scholarship. The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program offers you a collaborative atmosphere centered on industry-relevant applied research. This advanced graduate program crosses traditional boundaries and provides you the opportunity, under the guidance of Washington University faculty, for structured coursework along with focused, independent scholarly reading and research on important issues relating to business.
The Olin DBA is a practitioner’s doctoral degree designed to meet the needs of the researching professional rather than the professional researcher. While a PhD is intended for those who wish to pursue research careers in academia, the DBA is extended graduate study beyond a master’s degree for those who wish to pursue careers in corporations, consulting firms, or government agencies that can benefit from advanced research skills in analyzing business problems. The research capabilities developed in the DBA program are of an applied nature, with more immediate, real-world applicability than typical research pursued in the PhD program. The DBA program is aimed at those who are working in industry and may continue to work during their enrollment in the DBA program.
“The DBA in Finance program at Olin Business School has provided me with a comprehensive foundation in finance and has given me the tools to successfully pursue my personal goals. Working with faculty has been an invaluable experience and has taught me the real-world applicability of several finance topics in corporate finance and asset pricing.”
– Francisco Marcet, 2016 DBA Candidate
The completion of the DBA in Finance program requires 72 credit hours of graduate coursework in finance-related topics. In addition, as a DBA student you must maintain satisfactory academic progress; pass examinations and paper requirements; and write, submit, and defend a doctoral thesis. All students are expected to finish the program within four years on a full-time basis, or five to six years on a part-time basis.
doctoral thesis
research development 24 research credits
comprehensive financial foundation development
48 course credits (26 required/22 elective)
Doctoral ProgramsOlin Business SchoolWashington University in St. LouisOne Brookings DriveSt. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Jennifer Dlugosz Assistant Professor of FinancePhD, Harvard University
Research interests: corporate finance, financial intermediation, credit markets, corporate governance
Philip H. Dybvig Boatmen’s Bancshares Professor of Banking & FinancePhD, Yale University
Research interests: asset pricing, banking, financial markets, fixed-income securities
Armando R. GomesAssociate Professor of FinancePhD, Harvard University
Research interests: corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, economic theory
Radhakrishnan GopalanAssociate Professor of FinancePhD, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Research interests: corporate finance, corporate governance, emerging-market financial systems
Stuart I. GreenbaumFormer Dean and Bank of America Professor Emeritus of Managerial LeadershipPhD, Johns Hopkins University
Research interests: banking, financial intermediation
Ohad Kadan Professor of Finance PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Research interests: corporate finance, market microstructure, economics of information, game theory
Roni KisinAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, University of Chicago
Research interests: applied corporate finance, labor economics, financial intermediation
Isaac KleshchelskiAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, Northwestern University
Research interests: asset pricing, macroeconomics, international finance
Mark LearyAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, Duke University
Research interests: corporate finance, financial intermediaries
Jeongmin “Mina” LeeAssistant Professor of Finance PhD, University of Maryland at College Park
Research interests: asset pricing, financial intermediation, information economics, market microstructure
Hong Liu Professor of FinancePhD, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests: asset pricing, market microstructure
Asaf ManelaAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, University of Chicago
Research interests: asset pricing, information acquisition and diffusion in financial markets, the role of the media in finance, learning and portfolio choice
Thomas MaurerAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, The London School of Economics
Research interests: asset pricing; optimal portfolio choice; long run risk; demographic change and uncertainty, learning in financial markets
Todd T. Milbourn Senior Associate Dean of Faculty & Research and Hubert C. & Dorothy R. Moog Professor of FinancePhD, Indiana University
Research interests: corporate finance, managerial career concerns, management compensation, economics of asymmetric information
Giorgia PiacentinoAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, The London School of Economics
Research interests: corporate governance theory, corporate finance theory, banking theory, optimal contracting
Matthew RinggenbergAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, University of North Carolina
Research interests: empirical asset pricing, equity lending, information economics, short selling
Anjan ThakorDirector of Doctoral Programs and John E. Simon Professor of FinancePhD, Northwestern University
Research interests: corporate finance, financial intermediation, economics of asymmetric information
Ngoc-Khanh TranAssistant Professor of FinancePhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests: asset pricing
Guofu Zhou Frederick Bierman & James E. Spears Professor of FinancePhD, Duke University
Research interests: asset pricing tests, asset allocation, portfolio optimization
Finance Faculty
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