Dr. Andrew Karolyi

Professor

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Biography

Andrew Karolyi is the Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the Harold Bierman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management. His research focuses on investment finance, with particular emphasis on international financial markets. He has published extensively in top-tier journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies, as well as authored several books, such as International Capital Markets and Cracking the Emerging Markets Enigma. Karolyi has served as the editor and executive editor of the Review of Financial Studies and has held various editorial roles in leading finance journals. He has received multiple awards, including the Michael Jensen Prize for Corporate Finance Organizations and the Fama/DFA Prize for Capital Markets and Asset Pricing. In addition to his academic work, he is actively involved in consulting across continents with corporations and financial institutions, chairs the board of directors for Responsible Research in Business and Management, and serves as a councillor for Accounting for Sustainability. He earned his PhD and MBA from the University of Chicago and holds a BA from McGill University.

Research Interests

Experience

Dean

2019-01-01 — Present

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business • Ithaca, NY

Leading a premier business school with a focus on research and teaching excellence.

Distinguished Professor

2010-01-01 — Present

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

Conducting research and teaching at the graduate level in finance and management.

Awards

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Michael Jensen Prize

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Fama/DFA Prize

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William F. Sharpe Award

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Johnson School's Prize for Excellence in Research

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