Gerard Hoberg

Education

• Ph.D. Financial Economics, School of Management, Yale University, 2004
• M.Phil. Financial Economics, School of Management, Yale University, 2002
• M.A. Financial Economics, School of Management, Yale University, 2002
• B.A. Applied Physics and B.A. Economics, Yale University, 1994

Research Interests

Gerard Hoberg's research is primarily in the area of empirical corporate finance and asset pricing with a focus on innovation, mergers, IPOs, disclosure, informational environments, and industrial organization. His work often focuses on issues relating to important theories that have proved difficult to test, and to issues that are of importance to regulatory agencies and financial stability. He is known for methodological contributions that bring technologies from computational linguistics into finance.

Research

• Gerard Hoberg's Research Page [Download Papers]

Data Libraries

• Hoberg and Phillips Data Library [Textual Industry Classifications, Fluidity and Scope Data]
• Hoberg and Maksimovic [Product Life Cycle Data]
• Bowen, Fresard, and Hoberg [Rapidly Evolving Patent Tech Data]
• Fresard, Hoberg and Phillips [Vertical Relatedness and Integration Data]
• Hoberg and Moon [Offshoring Network Data]
• Hanley and Hoberg [Financial Instability Risk Data]
• Hoberg and Maksimovic [Financial Constraint Data]

Recent Courses

• FBE 560: Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring (MBA)
• FBE 460: Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring (Undergrad)

* Teaching materials will be posted on Brightspace.