PhD Position In Quantitative Finance with Applications in Asset Pricing, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Faculty of Economics, Switzerland
The Faculty of Economics of the Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, opens a PhD position in Quantitative Finance with applications in Asset Pricing, starting in Spring 2009.
The Faculty of Economics of the Università della Svizzera Italiana, founded in 1996, provides an exciting environment in which to develop a research career. The Faculty is involved in scientific programs at Swiss level and in the NCCR-FINRISK competence centre in Finance of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
The successful candidate will be integrated in a young, strongly research oriented team, with strong foundation in quantitative methods in Finance and Economics. For further information on research activities, please visit the web-sites:
http://www.unige.ch/ses/metri/ronchetti/
http://www.people.lu.unisi.ch/trojanif/
http://www.people.lu.unisi.ch/gagliarp/
http://www.people.lu.unisi.ch/degiorge/
The candidate for this position should have the following qualifications:
Master in Finance, Economics or Mathematics with strong foundation in quantitative methods;
Interest in numerical methods and Behavioural Finance.
Closing date for application is January 30, 2009. The position starts at 1st March 2009, or at a date to be arranged.
Please send an application with a complete CV to:
Prof. Dr. Enrico De Giorgi
Prof. Dr. Fabio Trojani
Faculty of Economics
Università della Svizzera Italiana
Via Buffi 13
CH-6900 Lugano
Switzerland
E-mail: enrico.degiorgi[ at ]lu.unisi.ch, fabio.trojani[ at ]lu.unisi.ch
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PhD Position in Financial Economics, University of St Gallen, Switzerland
At the University of St. Gallen, Department of Economics, one 35% - 70% -POSITION IN FINANCIAL
ECONOMICS OR QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
starting in March 2009. The position is part of the Prof. Enrico De Giorgi’s research group. It is assumed that candidates for these position are willing to start a Ph.D. in Financial Economics or Quantitative Finance at the University of St. Gallen. Ph. D. topics for a thesis can cover both, theoretical or empirical methods in Finance and Economics. Examples of recent research articles that could be starting points for a Ph. D. thesis can be downloaded from the web address: http://www.people.lu.unisi.ch/degiorge/
The successful candidate will be integrated in a young, strongly research oriented team, with strong foundation in quantitative methods in Finance and Economics. The group will be located at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of St. Gallen. The new Ph. D. candidate is expected to interact strongly with the professors of the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics in the development of their thesis, as well as with professors and post?docs of the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance. The candidate is also expected to collaborate in the development of the teaching activities of the group in the areas of mathematics and quantitative methods for Finance and Economics.
Applications for the position should be send no later than Friday, January 30, 2009 by e?mail with a complete CV to: enrico.degiorgi[ at ]lu.unisi.ch.
Candidate Profile:
Bachelor and Master degrees in Economics, Finance, Mathematics (in this case, with some
studies in Economics), or related fields;
Willingness to write a Ph. D. thesis in Financial Economics or Quantitative Finance at the
University of St. Gallen;
Strong willingness to apply quantitative methods in Finance or Economics;
Interest in Decision Theory, Behavioural Finance and Behavioural Economics.
Duties:
Collaboration in the teaching of mathematics at different teaching levels;
Collaboration in the research activities of the group in the areas of Mathematics, Financial Economics and Quantitative Finance;
Development of a Ph. D. thesis in Financial Economics or Quantitative Finance at the University of St. Gallen.
Starting Date: 1st of March 2009.
Scholarship Finance & Economics, Phd Position in Switzerland
