Stephen Figlewski
Professor Emeritus of Finance at Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Schools
- Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Links
Biography
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Stephen Figlewski is a professor of finance at New York University's Stern School of Business, where he teaches courses in Futures and Options at the Undergraduate, M.B.A., and Ph.D. levels.
Professor Figlewski has been a member of the NYU - Stern faculty since 1976. He is the director of the NYU Stern Derivatives Research Project. His primary research interests include Derivatives, Risk Management, and Financial Markets.
Professor Figlewski has published several books, including Risk Management: The State of the Art, Financial Options: From Theory to Practice, and Hedging with Financial Futures for Institutional Investors: From Theory to Practice. He is the founding editor of Journal of Derivatives, and has been published in many others, including the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial Economics.
In addition to working at NYU - Stern, Professor Figlewski was a Vice President at the First Boston Corporation, responsible for research on equity derivatives products, and has been a market maker in stock index options at the New York Stock Exchange. He was also a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of California at Berkley.
Professor Figlewski received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics, summa cum laude, from Princeton University and his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research Interests
- Options, Futures, and All Other Derivatives
- Information and Financial Markets
Academic Background
Ph.D., Economics, 1976
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A., Economics, 1969
Princeton University
Videos
Stephen Figlewski -- An American Call IS Worth More than a European Call
Read about executive education
Other experts
James Nolen
Jim Nolen joined the Department of Finance in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and taught graduate and undergraduate classes in corporate finance and entrepreneurship until his retirement in May 2012. Professor Nolen returned to teaching part-time in the...
Lyle Ungar
Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Computer and Information Science, the School of Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Genomics and Computational Biology, Perelman School of Medicine; Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, the Wharton School; Professor of Psychology,...
Jane Méndez
Dr. Méndez is an associate professor of surgery whose clinical interests include breast cancer treatment and prevention, breast cancer in underserved and minority patient populations and surgical oncology. Dr. Méndez is active in multiple surgical and breast surgery related organizations and serv...
Looking for an expert?
Contact us and we'll find the best option for you.