Dr. Kelly Shue

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Biography

Kelly Shue is the Amman Mineral Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of behavioral economics and empirical corporate finance. She has conducted research on topics such as sustainable investing, the Peter Principle, compensation promotions, gender negotiations, the gambler's fallacy, contrast effects, non-proportional thinking, and asset pricing. Shue is currently the Director of the European Finance Association and the Financial Research Association, and she serves as a Co-Principal Investigator for a National Bureau of Economic Research project on Executive Compensation. In terms of publication roles, Shue is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies, and she has previously served as an Editor for the Review of Finance and as an Associate Editor for Management Science. Before joining Yale, she was on the faculty at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Shue holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics from the same institution.

Research Interests

Requirements for Yale University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Speaking
Required:7.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Mathematics
Application Checklist
  • Statement of academic purpose
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Application fee ($105)
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.