Richard T. Thakor

Richard T. Thakor is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, with research affiliations at MIT and Washington University. He earned his PhD in Financial Economics from MIT (2016), an MS in Management Research (2015), an MSc in Finance and Economics (2008), and a BA in Economics and Psychology (2007).

• Research Focus: Empirical and theoretical corporate finance, healthcare finance, financial institutions, R&D investments, and financial frictions.
• Recent Publications: Topics include innovation incentives, credit supply shocks in healthcare, liquidity windfalls, and financial intermediation in biomedical innovation.

Awards & Affiliations: Recognized by Poets & Quants as a top undergraduate business professor (2024), with research affiliations at MIT (LFE) and WFA-CFAR.

• Teaching: Courses at undergraduate, MBA, MSF, PhD, and executive levels.