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Finance at VSB is a community of exceptional thought leaders
with a reputation for high-quality research, curricular innovation, and
nationally-recognized technological resources. Finance faculty collaborate with
academic colleagues, students, alumni, and corporate partners to ensure a
dynamic and business-relevant learning environment.
Thought Leadership
VSB Finance faculty publish in journals including the Journal of Financial Economics,
Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of
Futures
Markets, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Portfolio
Management, Financial Analysts Journal, as well as other leading journals.
Wall Street Resources
The heart of VSB finance education is the dynamic
Applied Finance Lab. Excellent data resources are provided, including CRSP/Compustat Merged, DRI/Global Insight,
RiskMetrics, NYSE TAQ, SDC Platinum, OptionMetrics, Thomson 13F, Factset, Global Financial Data,
Morningstar Direct, Argus, SNL Financial, IW Financial and other data resources. Most data are
available via the WRDS portal. Additionally, our Applied Finance Lab houses 16
Bloomberg terminals. These resources are available to support faculty
scholarship, teaching, and five student managed funds.
World-Class Degree Programs
Finance at VSB oversees two degree programs: a BBA with a major or
minor concentration in finance, and a Master of Science in Finance. It is also
home to the Applied Finance Lab,
one of the first and best of its kind in the nation.
In the Media
VSB faculty members are cited regularly
by media outlets worldwide including The Wall
Street Journal; Financial Times; Forbes; The New York
Times; CNBC; CNN; Bloomberg Television and Radio; and
Associated Press, Reuters, and Dow Jones Newswires.
Learn more about VSB in the media.
Research Centers
Finance at VSB works to advance industry knowledge and support student learning through the
Applied Finance
Lab, Student-Managed Investment Funds, the student-run Villanova Equity Society,
the VSB Finance Seminar Series, and the Mid-Atlantic Research Conference in
Finance.
Finance at VSB also works in partnership with the
Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate—VSB's newest center of excellence. The
center is dedicated to supporting scholarly research, curricular innovation, and
student employment and professional development opportunities in the real estate field.
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