Pietro Veronesi

Pietro Veronesi is the Sherman and Vivian Chao Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He serves as Deputy Dean for Faculty and is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He previously held leadership roles as a director of the American Finance Association and co-editor of the Review of Financial Studies.

His research focuses on asset pricing, stock and bond valuation under Bayesian uncertainty and learning, equilibrium models of return predictability, and the impact of political and government interventions on asset prices. He has contributed extensively to journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, and Review of Financial Studies.

Scientific Awards:

• 2024 Ross Prize
• 2015 AQR Insight Award
• Smith Breeden Prizes (2012, 2003)
• 2008 WFA Award
• Barclays Global Investors Prize (2006)
• Fama/DFA Prize (2006)
• Barclays Global Investors/Michael Brennan First Prize (1999)

Veronesi teaches both master’s and PhD-level finance courses and received the 2009 McKinsey Award for Excellence in Teaching. He co-founded PREDOC in 2020, a consortium aimed at diversifying doctoral pipelines.

Education:

• Bocconi University: Laurea Magna Cum Laude in Economics (1992)
• London School of Economics: Master’s Degree with Distinction (1993)
• Harvard University: PhD in Economics (1997)