Oleg Rytchkov

Oleg Rytchkov is a Professor in the Finance Department at the Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, where he has held a faculty position since 2009 after previously teaching at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin.

His academic credentials include:

• Doctorate in Financial Economics from the MIT Sloan School of Management (2007)
• Doctorate in Physics from the Steklov Mathematical Institute (2001)

Dr. Rytchkov's research centers on theoretical and empirical asset pricing and capital markets, with significant contributions to factor modeling, information aggregation mechanisms, and statistical methodologies in finance. His work increasingly integrates machine learning techniques to analyze macroeconomic influences on asset pricing and explores applications in real estate finance and nonprofit efficiency.

His publication record features 15 recent articles in premier journals including the Journal of Finance and Review of Financial Studies, demonstrating consistent focus on asset pricing anomalies while evolving toward computational finance approaches. Recent work shows heightened emphasis on practical applications, including real estate mutual fund performance and machine learning-based analysis of macroeconomic factors.

At Temple, Dr. Rytchkov teaches graduate courses in business econometrics (BA 9106 and BA 9209) and advises graduate students in finance research, though specific advisees are not documented in available materials. His teaching directly supports the quantitative training of future finance professionals through advanced econometric methodologies.