Dr. Alexei Tchistyi

Professor

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Biography

Alexei Tchistyi is a professor specializing in real estate finance within the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. He earned his PhD in business from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2005. Before joining Cornell in 2020, he served as an assistant professor of finance at New York University Stern School of Business from 2005 to 2008 and then as an assistant professor of real estate at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business from 2008 to 2014. He has held leadership roles, including co-chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics between 2012 and 2014 and as director of the Office of Real Estate Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2014 to 2020. Tchistyi's research interests encompass real estate finance and corporate finance, focusing on mortgage design, asset-backed securities, banking regulations, dynamic contracting, and executive compensation. His work has been published in numerous prestigious journals, including the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, and Journal of Finance.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2020-01-01 — Present

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

Professor specializing in real estate finance.

Assistant Professor

2005-01-01 — 2008-01-01

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

Assistant professor of finance.

Assistant Professor

2008-01-01 — 2014-01-01

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business • Berkeley, CA

Assistant professor of real estate.

Director

2014-01-01 — 2020-01-01

Office of Real Estate Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Champaign, IL

Director of research office.

Awards

#2009

Young Researcher Award

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The Earl F. Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award

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