Andrei Simonov is Associate Professor of Finance at Michigan State University, Stockholm School of Economics (SITE), a CEPR Research Affiliate in the Financial Economics program, and a Research Associate in Stockholm International Corporate Governance Institute. He received Ph.D. in Finance from European Institute of Business Administration ( INSEAD, 2000). He also holds Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Moscow State University.  He teaches courses in asset pricing and financial markets.  His research interests include asset pricing, individual portfolio decision and behavioral finance.  Currently, his main area of research is on the effects of behavioral biases, corporate governance, and social interactions on individuals’ portfolio decisions and market participation.  Andrei is recipient of several grants and awards. Recently, he was awarded 2006 EFA/LECG Prize for best paper in Behavioral Finance, 2006 Iddo Sarnat Memorial Award and was one of the winners of BSI Gamma Foundation Research Competition. His work is regularly presented at leading finance conferences including American Economic Association, American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, European Finance Association, CEPR and NBER meetings. His publications appear in Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Finance, Review of Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Swedish Economic Policy Review. His research has been covered extensively in the popular press, including, among others, The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, and Dow Jones Market Watch.  He also acts as research advisor to Millennium Global Quantitative Fund . 

After August 1st, 2008:

Department of Finance

Eli Broad Graduate School of Management,

315 Eppley Center

Michigan State University

East Lansing , MI 48824, USA

Department of Finance
Stockholm School of Economics
Box 6501, 
SE-113 83 Stockholm, Sweden   (on leave from fall 2008)

Email:	SIMONOV at BUS dot MSU dot EDU
Telephone:	(517) 884 0455 (office)
Fax	(517) 432-1080