Sergio Salgado

Sergio Salgado is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His office is located at 2325 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Contact him via email at ssalgado@wharton.upenn.edu or phone at (215) 898-3004.

Teaching: In Fall 2025, he teaches:

• FNCE1010 - Monetary Economics & Global Economy: An intermediate course analyzing macroeconomic events, policy, employment, inflation, interest rates, and international economics.
• FNCE9370 - Topics in Macro Finance: An advanced doctoral course covering quantitative theories in firm investment, debt markets, asset pricing, and financial-sector equilibrium models.

Research Focus: His work spans:

• Macroeconomic policy and global financial systems
• Income inequality drivers and solutions (e.g., minimum wage impacts)
• Corporate scalability and wealth concentration
• Business cycle fluctuations linked to firm performance
• Entrepreneurship trends

Media Contributions: Featured in Knowledge@Wharton discussing:

• Minimum wages/taxes as inequality tools (2025)
• Corporate scalability strategies (2025)
• Wealth accumulation patterns (2023)
• Declining entrepreneurship (2021)
• Firm-level drivers of recessions (2020)