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Arnav Sheth

Arnav Sheth

Visiting Assistant Professor 
Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group
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Academic Status: On duty
Personal Homepage: http://arnavsheth.net/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)

Education

 

BA, Economics-Mathematics & Philosophy, Lawrence University

MA, Experimental Economics, Rutgers University
MBA, Finance, Rutgers University
PhD, Quantitative Finance, Rutgers University

Positions Held

 

At Haas since 2010
2010 - present, Visiting Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business

2009 - 2010, Assistant Professor, Graduate Business, St. Mary's College of California
2008 - 2009, Economist (Senior Consultant), Global Transfer Pricing, Deloitte Tax, LLP
2008 - 2009, Lecturer, Economics and International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley

External Service and Assignments

  • Referee for SIAM Conference on Mathematics and Industry, 2009
Affiliations:
American Economic Association, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Financial Management Association, National Association for Business Economics (NABE), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
 

Current Research and Interests

  • Behavioral Finance
  • Mathematics of Finance

Selected Papers and Publications

  • "A Deeper Look at Hyperbolic Discounting," with B. Sopher, Theory and Decision (2006) 60:219-225
  • "Gambling When Broke: A Model for Optimal Managerial Behavior Under Financial Distress," with L. Shepp and O. Palmon, SSRN Working Paper
  • "The Costs of Company Politics: Hiring and Firing Optimally with Politicking," SSRN Working Paper

Teaching

UGBA 113


Honors and Awards

  • Teaching Assistantship, 2005 - 2007
  • Research Assistantship (NSF Grant), 2004 - 2005
  • Graduate Assistantship (NSF Grant), 2002 - 2004
  • Teaching Assistantship, 2000 - 2002
  • Dean's International Student Scholarship, 1995 - 2000



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