Greg Buchak

Associate Professor, Finance
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Greg Buchak

Associate Professor of Finance

Center Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Winnick Family Faculty Scholar for 2023–2024
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Research Statement

My research focuses on consumer finance, the industrial organization of financial intermediation, financial regulation, and the role that finance plays in technological growth.

Research Interests

  • Fintech
  • Banking
  • Financial Intermediation
  • Private Equity
  • Law and Finance

Bio

Greg Buchak is an associate professor of finance at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Buchak earned his PhD in financial economics at the University Chicago’s department of economics and Booth School of Business. He also received a JD from the University of Chicago Law School. Before graduate school, he was a quantitative trader and portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs and the Royal Bank of Canada. He received a BA in mathematics and a BS in economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Buchak’s primary research field is in corporate finance. He is interested in issues related to financial technology, financial intermediation, consumer finance, and the interplay between the evolving industrial organization of the financial sector, regulation, and technological progress.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Financial Economics, University of Chicago, 2019
  • JD, University of Chicago Law School, 2019
  • BS in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
  • BA in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 2009

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Finance, Stanford GSB, 2019–present

Professional Experience

  • Quantitative Portfolio Manager, Goldman Sachs & Co., 2008–10
  • Trader, Royal Bank of Canada, 2010–12

Awards and Honors

  • AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, 2019
  • John Leusner Fellowship, 2019
  • Douglas Baird Prize in Commercial Law, 2019

Publications

Journal Articles

Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski, Amit Seru
Journal of Political Economy
February 2024 Vol. 132 Issue 2
Greg Buchak
The Journal of Finance
November 2023
Michael Barnett, Greg Buchak, Constantine Yannelis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
January 2023 Vol. 120 Issue 2
Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski, Amit Seru
Journal of Financial Economics
December 2018 Vol. 130 Issue 3 Pages 453-483

Working Papers

Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomas Piskorski, Amit Seru October 2018
Greg Buchak, Adam Jørring April 2017
Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski, Amit Seru March 2017

Insights by Stanford Business

February 26, 2024
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May 01, 2023
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December 09, 2021
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April 13, 2017
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