Mohammad Ghaderi

Mohammad Ghaderi is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the School of Business, University of Kansas. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Houston and has a strong academic background in finance and engineering. His research lies at the intersection of empirical asset pricing, macro-finance, and financial econometrics.

His research focuses on how investors form beliefs and learn about macroeconomic risks, particularly in the context of inflation, disaster risk, and monetary policy. He employs advanced econometric techniques and large datasets, including a century-long corporate bond database he helped construct. His work has been published in top journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Monetary Economics.

The recent publications reflect a consistent trend in understanding how learning, heterogeneous beliefs, and macroeconomic factors shape asset prices and risk premia. His work integrates theory with empirical validation, often using novel datasets or reinterpreting existing ones to challenge conventional wisdom about announcement premiums, inflation risk, and credit cycles.

• Eastern Finance Association Best Doctoral Paper Award in Investments (2021)
• Bauer PhD Program Fellowship (2015–2021)
• University of Houston Presidential Fellowship (2015–2016)
• AFA PhD Student Travel Grant (2020)
• Best Poster, Bauer Doctoral Poster Session (2020)

Mohammad Ghaderi advises doctoral students, including Pei Alex Zhang, and has served on conference committees such as the Eastern, Midwest, and Southern Finance Associations. He has also acted as an ad hoc referee for leading journals including the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. He has received research support through fellowships and grants, particularly during his doctoral studies.

He is actively involved in the academic community, presenting his work at institutions like the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Seoul National University, and participating in major finance workshops and seminars.