Professor Dr. Luke Taylor

Biography

Luke Taylor is the John B. Neff Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has held various prominent positions within the academic community, including co-director of the Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research and director of the Finance PhD program. Taylor's research primarily focuses on corporate finance, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, financial fragility, learning, and portfolio management. With a PhD from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (2009) and an AB from Princeton University (2001), he has extensively contributed to the understanding of ESG characteristics in investment practices and the dynamics of active management in mutual funds. Taylor's work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics and Critical Finance Review. In addition to his academic achievements, he has a background in business analytics from his previous role at McKinsey & Company. He engages actively with students through teaching empirical methods in corporate finance and independent studies, aiming to enhance their practical application of econometric techniques.

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