Dr. Craig Mackinlay

Professor

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Biography

Craig MacKinlay is the Joseph P. Wargrove Professor of Finance and the Academic Director of the Jacobs Levy Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has been a faculty member at Wharton since 1984. His research is primarily focused on asset pricing models, behavioral finance, futures prices, econometric modeling, market microstructure, and mutual fund performance. MacKinlay's influential work has earned him several prestigious awards, including the Inaugural Eugene Fama Prize for Doctoral Education and the Wharton Undergraduate Excellence Teaching Award. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, obtained in 1985, and has taught various finance courses, including Corporate Finance and Independent Study. MacKinlay's contributions to the field have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Paul Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing and the Batterymarch Financial Management Fellowship.

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Professor

— Present

Wharton School • Philadelphia, PA

Named Joseph P. Wargrove Professor of Finance in 1995.

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
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  • Statement of Purpose
  • Essays
Specialization Notes

Wharton Doctoral programs cover fields like Finance, Marketing, Management, and Operations, Information and Decisions.