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Simon Gervais

Professor of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business
Box 90120, the Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC 27708-0120
the Fuqua School of Business, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708-0120

Overview


Simon Gervais is a Professor of Finance at The Fuqua School of Business.  Prior to joining Fuqua in 2003, he was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  He received his Ph.D. in finance from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997. Professor Gervais’ research, which encompasses behavioral finance, corporate finance, and financial markets, has been published in leading finance and academic journals.  Specifically, he studies the effects of behavioral biases on the decisions of firms and individuals, the regulation of financial markets, and the role of financial intermediaries.  In 2001, Professor Gervais received the Barclays Global Investors/Michael Brennan Award for the best paper in the Review of Financial Studies.  He has also received awards for his teaching in daytime MBA programs.  Currently, Professor Gervais serves as an Associate Editor of Management Science and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, and on the Economic Advisory Committee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Business Administration · 2013 - Present Fuqua School of Business

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Recent Publications


Transparency and talent allocation in money management

Journal Article Review of Financial Studies · August 1, 2020 We construct and analyze the equilibrium of a model of delegated portfolio management in which money managers signal their investment skills via fund transparency. To lower the costs of transparency, high-skill managers rely on their performance to separat ... Full text Cite

Libertarian paternalism, information production, and financial decision making

Journal Article Review of Financial Studies · September 1, 2013 We develop a theoretical model to analyze the effects of libertarian paternalism on information production and financial decision making. Individuals in our model appreciate the information content of the recommendations made by a social planner. This affe ... Full text Cite

Legal protection in retail financial markets

Scholarly Edition · September 1, 2012 We model a retail financial institution that outsources its advice services to an intermediary, making the two parties jointly responsible for consumers' experience with the products. In this context, courts that enforce state-contingent legal rules are ne ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, Berkeley · 1997 Ph.D.