Elise Gourier

Elise Gourier is an Associate Professor at ESSEC Business School (France) and a Research Affiliate at the CEPR. She holds a PhD in Finance from the Swiss Finance Institute at the University of Zurich (2013). Her research focuses on asset pricing, financial econometrics, and sustainable development, with recent work on private markets, greenwashing detection via AI, and commodity pricing models. She has published in top journals like the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics.

• Education: PhD in Finance (University of Zurich, 2013); Postdoc at Princeton University (2013–2015).
• Awards: 2019 ICPM Research Award and 2018 Jack Treynor Prize for work on private markets.
• Teaching: Principles of Finance, Topics in Finance, and Asset Pricing courses at ESSEC.

Her research explores topics like capital commitment in private equity, greenwashing’s impact on financial markets, and volatility dynamics. She has supervised multiple theses and secured grants from the Institut Europlace de Finance and Labex Louis Bachelier (2020). She currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Econometrics.