Expertise

Regulation of Financial Institutions
Competition Policy
Corporate Governance

Course taught

 MBA Finance 2

Overview

Before joining Saïd, Joel was previously a tenured professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (Spain). He has had visiting positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, NYU Stern School of Business, and the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Joel got his BA in Economics and History at Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Economics from Princeton University.

Research interests

Joel’s current research interests lie in financial intermediation and industrial organization. He has done work on credit ratings agencies, conflicts of interest in retail financial products, pricing strategies, and downsizing.

Working papers

“The Credit Ratings Game,” (joint with Patrick Bolton and Xavier Freixas)

“Selling to Consumers with Endogenous Types,” (joint with Jan Boone), 09

“Interviews and Adverse Selection,” (joint with Jens Josephson)

“Fatalism and Savings,” (joint with Stephen Wu)

Journal articles

“Income Taxation in a Frictional Labor Market,” Journal of Public Economics, March 2004.

“Educational Opportunity and Income Inequality,” (joint with Igal Hendel and Paul Willen), Journal of Public Economics, June 2005.

“Wage and Effort Dispersion,” Economics Letters, August 2006.

“Conflicts of Interest, Information Provision, and Competition in the Financial Services Industry,” (joint with Patrick Bolton and Xavier Freixas), Journal of Financial Economics, August 2007.

“Downsizing and Job Insecurity,” (joint with Doh-Shin Jeon), Journal of the European Economic Association, September 2007.