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Associate Professor of Finance at the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University, Joel M. Vanden has a rich academic background with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Since joining Smeal College in 2008, he has previously taught at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he lectured on derivative and debt markets in second-year MBA electives. His academic achievements were recognized with the Paul Raether Tuck '73 Fellowship for outstanding scholarly contributions. Dr. Vanden has substantial experience in the private sector, having worked with several organizations such as Bank Boston Corporation and SunAmerica Life Insurance Company, which has enriched his research and teaching. His research interests primarily revolve around asset pricing, exploring factors like the role of non-redundant options in explaining equity returns and the impact of option coskewness on stock prices. Currently, he is investigating how imperfect competition influences mutual fund fees and how diversification affects optimal corporate capital structures.
Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University • University Park, Pennsylvania
Teaching finance courses and conducting research in asset pricing.
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College • Dartmouth, New Hampshire
Taught second-year MBA electives focusing on derivative markets and debt markets.
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