Paul Asquith

Paul Asquith is the Gordon Y Billard Professor of Finance and Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He specializes in corporate finance, financial distress, and market efficiency, focusing on applied empirical research. His work examines topics like mandatory transparency in bond markets, short selling mechanisms, and IPO theories.

Education:

• BA in Economics, Michigan State University
• AM and PhD in Economics, University of Chicago

Research interests include corporate finance dynamics, financial market design, and the impact of transparency regulations. His current projects investigate FINRA's transparency requirements for corporate bond trades and short selling intermediary structures. He has published extensively on market microstructure and institutional trading behaviors.

Awards:

• 13 Teaching Excellence Awards from MIT Sloan Students

Labs/Teams: Associated with the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at MIT Sloan. Engaged in collaborative research projects evaluating market design innovations and financial regulatory impacts.