Carola Frydman

Carola Frydman is a Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management. Professor Frydman's research focuses on American business and financial history. Recent research projects examine the evolution of financial markets during the early twentieth century, with special emphasis on the role of financial intermediaries for firm growth, and on financial crises. She has also studied the long-run trends in executive compensation, the market for managers, and corporate governance. Her work has been published at journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Economic History, and featured in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and The Economist. She is the Co-Editor in Chief of Explorations in Economic History, tand is on the board of the Review of Financial Studies, and of the Review Studies in Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Kellogg, Professor Frydman was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management (2006-2011) and an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University (2011-2016). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, and B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Universidad de San Andres, Argentina, and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Education

• Ph.D., 2006, Economics, Harvard University
• M.A., 2004, Economics, Harvard University
• M.A., 2000, Economics, Universidad de San Andres
• B.A., 1999, Economics, Universidad de San Andr, Universidad de San Andres, Summa Cum Laude

Academic Positions

• Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2017-present
• Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2016-2017
• Visiting Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-2016
• Assistant Professor, Economics, Boston University, 2011-2016
• Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 1-present
• Assistant Professor of Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006-2013

Editorial Positions

• Co-Editor, Explorations in Economic History, 2019-2022
• Associate Editor, Review of Financial Studies, 2019-2022
• Editorial Board, Journal of Economic History, 2017-2019
• Editorial Board, Explorations in Economic History, 2016-2018
• Editorial Board, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2016-2018