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Professor Winston (Wei) Dou is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, specializing as a financial economist with a focus on asset pricing, capital markets, industrial organization, macroeconomics, and econometrics. His research integrates theoretical models with empirical tools to understand strategic competition in product and asset markets, as well as the implications of AI technologies in financial markets. Professor Dou has published in top academic journals such as Econometrica, the Journal of Finance, and the Review of Financial Studies. He teaches various courses including those on derivatives markets and advanced topics in dynamic asset pricing, emphasizing connections between asset pricing and broader economic variables. As a faculty research fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research, he is engaged in frontier research exploring monetary policy, competition, and asset prices. Dou has received multiple teaching excellence awards and his research has garnered several prestigious prizes highlighting his contributions to the field of finance.
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA
Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Finance, focusing on asset pricing and capital markets.
Wharton Doctoral programs cover fields like Finance, Marketing, Management, and Operations, Information and Decisions.