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Prior to
joining the
Olin Business School
in 2003, Professor Thakor was The Edward J. Frey Professor of Banking and Finance at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, where he also served as chairman of the Finance area. He has served on the faculties
of Indiana University, Northwestern University, and UCLA. He has worked with many companies, including Whirlpool Corporation, Allision Engine Co., Citigroup, RR Donnelley, Dana Corporation, Anheuser-Busch, Zenith
Corporation, Lincoln National Corporation, J.P. Morgan, Landscape Structures, Inc., CIGNA, Borg-Warner Automative, Waxman Industries, Reuters, The Limited, Ryder Integrated Logistics, AT&T, CH2M Hill,
Takata Corporation, Tyson Foods, Spartech, and Bunge. He has also served as an expert witness in many federal cases involving banking litigation. |
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Research interests
Corporate finance, financial
intermediation, corporate gorvernance, the economics of asymmetric
information, and banking and financial institutions
Professional Information
President:
Financial Intermediation Research Society, 2006-2008
Managing Editor:
Journal of Financial Intermediation,
1996-2005
Awards & Honors
Washington University in St. Louis
Distinguished Faculty Award, November 2010
Winner of the Reid MBA Teaching Excellence
Award, Olin School of Business, 2005 |