Dr. Alexei Tchistyi

Professor

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Biography

Alexei Tchistyi is a Professor at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration. He earned his PhD in Business from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2005. Tchistyi joined Cornell University in 2020 after serving as an Assistant Professor of Finance at New York University's Stern School of Business from 2005 to 2008 and at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business from 2008 to 2014. He has held several important positions, including Co-chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics and Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Office of Real Estate Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2014 to 2020. His research focuses on real estate finance and corporate finance, specifically in areas such as mortgage design, asset-backed securities, banking regulations, dynamic contracting, and executive compensation. Tchistyi's work has been published in prestigious journals including the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, and Journal of Financial Quantitative Analysis.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2020-01-01 — Present

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

Teaching and research at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration.

Associate Professor

2014-01-01 — 2020-01-01

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Urbana-Champaign, IL

Directed the Office of Real Estate Research and taught finance courses.

Assistant Professor

2008-01-01 — 2014-01-01

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business • Berkeley, CA

Taught courses in real estate and finance.

Assistant Professor

2005-01-01 — 2008-01-01

New York University Stern School of Business • New York, NY

Focused on finance education and research.

Awards

#2009

Young Researcher Award

2009-01-01
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The Earl F. Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award

2011-01-01

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture