Maria Vich Llompart

Maria Vich Llompart serves as Associate Professor of Business Management and International Studies at Washington College, where she directs the International Business Minor within the Business Management Department. Her office is located in Daly 202 with office hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-3:45pm and by appointment.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Quantitative Finance and Economics (University of Valencia, Spain)
• MSc in Financial Markets and Derivatives (London Metropolitan Business School, UK)
• Master in International Business and Foreign Commerce (INFOREM Institute, Madrid, Spain)
• Bachelor's in Business Management and Administration (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)

Her research centers on extracting forward-looking information from financial option prices to analyze international market interactions, risk-neutral distributions, risk aversion, and contagion effects. She investigates how option-implied data reveals market expectations about future performance, forecasting accuracy, and cross-border risk transmission, with particular focus on herding behavior and comparative risk analysis across global markets.

Recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate her expertise in international risk linkages, option-implied distribution forecasting, and innovative pricing models. Collectively, these works advance understanding of how financial derivatives reflect market psychology and interconnectivity in global trading systems.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

Professional activities include teaching core finance courses and co-leading international study programs, though specific advising relationships or grant funding details were not provided.

Her research operates without dedicated laboratory facilities but leverages real-world financial data and industry applications drawn from her pre-academic experience.