“The MSFE program emphasizes modern quantitative methods with an exciting new curriculum, that combines the best of engineering and computer science with financial economics that will allow students to use their highly sought after quantitative skills to work in the frontier of the financial industry. UW-Madison’s top 10 US News Econometrics ranking and rich tradition in Economics and Finance puts it in a unique position to offer this exciting program”
Richard Davies (BA ‘79), Consultant to the Investment Management Industry, Former Senior Managing Director, AllianceBernstein
Meet Our Faculty
Students are taught by renowned senior faculty at the top of their field.
Here are just a few of the outstanding faculty who have been involved in the creation and/or delivery of MSFE courses:
Daniel Bauer
Position title: Professor, Hickman-Larson Chair in Actuarial Science
Email:
daniel.bauer
Address:
5251 Grainger Hall
Serving as an expert on insurance-linked investments for the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and several large insurance companies.
Fields: Actuarial science, quantitative finance and insurance economics
David Brown
Position title: Professor, Jeffrey J. Diermeier Distinguished Chair in Finance, Academic Director of the Hawk Center for Investment Analysis
Email:
david.p.brown
Phone: (608) 265-5281
Address:
4291 Grainger Hall
Fields: Financial market structures, securities regulation, investments and risk management.
Dean Corbae
Position title: Professor, William Sellery Trukenbrod Chair in Finance with a tenured appointment in Economics
Email:
corbae
Phone: (608)-262-3281
Address:
7438 Social Sciences Building
A consultant at 6 Federal Reserve Banks and winner of numerous teaching awards. Invited to present on central bank policies at the Jackson Hole Conference
Fields: Macroeconomics
Bjørn Eraker
Position title: Professor, Bill Nygren Chair in Investments and Professor of Finance
Email:
beraker
Phone: (608) 890-2594
Address:
5267 Grainger Hall
Fields: Estimating econometric models of stock and derivatives markets, as well as developing models for pricing derivative securities
Bruce Hansen
Position title: Professor, Mary Claire Aschenbrener Phipps Distinguished Chair
Email:
bruce.hansen
Phone: (608)-263-3880
Address:
6438 Social Sciences Building
Renowned for his fundamental contributions to econometric theory and practice, he recently developed models for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to analyze the impact of oil price changes on macro variables
Fields: Econometrics
Oliver Levine
Position title: Associate Professor of Finance; Howard and Judith Thompson Professor
Email:
oliver.levine
Phone: (608)-262-9810
Address:
5274D Grainger Hall
Research interests: corporate finance, corporate investment, corporate taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and agency conflicts