Dr. Miguel Palacios

Biography

Miguel Palacios is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. His academic work focuses on the intersection of human capital and asset pricing, particularly studying the size and riskiness of human capital, and its impact on firms and educational investments. Palacios is noted for his role as co-founder of Lumni, which has financed over 12,000 students through Income Share Agreements in Latin America and the United States. Additionally, he has experience creating financial products for retirees as a co-founder of A&P Capital. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a focus on finance from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an M.A. in Economics, an M.B.A. from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.

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