Dr. Eric Floyd

Associate Professor

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Biography

Eric Floyd is an Associate Professor at the Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego. His research interests lie in transparency regulation, healthcare reimbursement, and the application of field experiments in accounting and finance. He focuses on developing policy-relevant insights that are accessible to decision-makers and can be utilized to solve real-world problems. Floyd has been recognized with the Kauffman Foundation Research Grant and the PRIME Research Grant in 2015, and he has received several accolades during his academic journey, including the Sidney Davidson Doctoral Fellowship and the Charles T. Horngren Fellowship from the University of Chicago. He earned his B.A. in Economics and continued his education with an MBA and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. His notable publications include research on financial crisis impacts, mandated information societal responsibility, trends in private health plan contracts, and the effects of regulation on healthcare prices. He is also involved in working papers that explore the complexities of risk tolerance among entrepreneurs and tax compliance.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Teaching and conducting research in accounting and finance.

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).