Koustav De

Koustav De is Assistant Professor in Finance at the Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky.

Area of Interest:

Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance (investor behavior)

Employment:

• 2018-present· Assistant Professor of Finance at the Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky.
• 2013-2018· PhD student in Finance at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.
• 2012-2013· Worked at Deloitte Consulting (Hyderabad, India) as an Actuarial Analyst.
• 2007-2010· Worked at development and design projects at Tata Consultancy Services (Kolkata, India).

Education:

PhD|August 2018 | Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

• · Major: Finance
• · Focus on Asset Pricing and Behavioral Finance

MS | May 2012 | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

• · Major: Quantitative Economics (MSQE)
• · Focus on Economics, Econometrics, Finance

BE | Aug 2007 | Jadavpur University, Kolkata

• · Major: Electrical Engineering

Fellowship Honors and Awards

· CFA Institute best paper awards in IFC (2019). · Telluride Scholarship (2015-2018). · Allan D. Gilmour Doctoral Fellowship (2014, 2016-2018). · Stephen M. Ross Doctoral Fellowship (2013-present). · MSQE Student of the Year Award (2011).

Conference Presentations:

· Northern Finance Association (2020) · Indian Finance Conference (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 2019) · Miami Behavioral Conference (Miami Business School, Miami 2018) · Summer Research Conference (Indian School of Business, Hyderbad 2017) · Special PhD Paper Presentations (FMA, Boston 2017)