Olga Kuzmina

Olga Kuzmina is an Associate Professor of Finance with tenure at the New Economic School (NES) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London. She holds a PhD in Finance from Columbia University (2012) and graduated with distinction from the Higher School of Economics (ICEF) and the University of London.

• Education: PhD (Columbia University, 2012), ICEF (HSE) with distinction, University of London with honors.

Her research focuses on empirical corporate finance, integrating insights from labor economics, international economics, and applied methods. She has published in top journals like the American Economic Review, Management Science, and Journal of Banking and Finance, with recent work on reproducibility in research, employment flexibility, and hedge fund secrecy.

Key article trends highlight: (1) reproducibility challenges in finance, (2) labor-finance interactions via policy shocks, (3) transparency vs. performance in hedge funds, and (4) FDI and governance in emerging markets.

• Scientific Awards: Best Young Researcher (IFABS), Runner-Up (EFiC Conference).

She served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Corporate Finance and was a Research Advisory Board member at the Central Bank of Russia (pre-2022). Her work has been presented at major conferences (AFA, EFA, CSEF Finance and Labor) and institutions like LSE and CERGE-EI.