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Doctoral degree program.

The doctoral program is taught by the faculty of the Yale School of Management and is intended for students who plan scholarly careers involving research and teaching in management. The program is small and admits only a few highly qualified students each year. Currently, specialization is offered in the management fields of accounting, financial economics, marketing, operations, and organizations and management.

Each student develops a customized course of study in consultation with the relevant faculty members and the director of graduate studies for the program. During the first two years, students normally take three or four courses each term, gain experience in research, and prepare for the qualifying examination in their chosen areas of concentration. All program requirements except the dissertation must be completed prior to the start of the fourth year of study.

Students typically take five years to complete the program. Upon completion of the program, most students elect careers that combine scholarly research with teaching in a university setting.

This program has been designed to enable a student to concentrate in any of a number of traditional or innovative areas of the management process. The format allows informal arrangements to surface in response to diverse faculty and student talents and interests. Flexibility is a central feature of the doctoral program. We expect area studies to evolve as faculty strengths and interests change and grow.

Program Offerings

The courses offered in the doctoral degree program may change from year to year according to student and faculty interests. The courses listed below are the core courses and those designed specifically for this program’s different specializations. Additional courses of interest are offered throughout the University.

• ECON 500 and 501, General Economic Theory: Microeconomics
• MGT 611, Policy Modeling
• MGMT 700, Seminar in Accounting Research I
• MGMT 701, Seminar in Accounting Research II
• MGMT 702, Seminar in Accounting Research III
• MGMT 703, Experimental Economics
• MGMT 704, Seminar in Accounting Research IV
• MGMT 720, Models of Operations Research and Management
• MGMT 721, Modeling Operational Processes
• MGMT 731, Organizations and the Environment
• MGMT 733, Theory Construction
• MGMT 737, Applied Empirical Methods
• MGMT 740, Financial Economics I
• MGMT 741, Financial Economics II
• MGMT 742, Theoretical Corporate Finance
• MGMT 745, Behavioral Finance
• MGMT 746, Financial Crises
• MGMT 747, Empirical Asset Pricing
• MGMT 748, Empirical Corporate Finance
• MGMT 750, Seminar in Marketing I
• MGMT 751, Seminar in Marketing II
• MGMT 753, Behavioral Decision-Making I: Choice
• MGMT 754, Behavioral Decision-Making II: Judgment
• MGMT 755, Analytical Methods in Marketing
• MGMT 756, Empirical Methods in Marketing
• MGMT 758, Foundations of Behavioral Economics

Students are encouraged to work closely with faculty members to develop, conduct, and report significant research. Students design their program of studies in consultation with faculty members. However, each student’s program has at its core a small number of important common courses. For example, a marketing student’s program of study usually includes all doctoral seminars taught by the marketing faculty, some doctoral seminars taught by other Yale School of Management faculty, and a considerable number of graduate-level courses in related departments outside the School of Management. Courses taken outside the School of Management are usually taken in the departments of Economics, Psychology, and Statistics and Data Science. Other departments and schools of interest include Sociology, Political Science, and Law.

Individualized Study

The number of doctoral students admitted each year is limited, enabling each student to obtain individual instruction and guidance. Students may, for example, take tutorials with faculty members on specific topics not covered by formal courses. In addition, students work with the faculty and with their student colleagues on research projects to gain experience and sharpen skills in their areas of special interest.

Multiple Learning Methods

Doctoral students engage in a wide variety of learning activities. Formal course work is important, but just as important are the informal seminars, colloquia, research projects, opportunities to assist in teaching, and various other activities that can help one understand and deal competently with management and organizational phenomena.

Interdisciplinary Study

Students are encouraged to develop programs that draw on courses and learning experiences from a variety of academic disciplines. The School maintains working relationships with various departments and other professional schools at Yale University.

Requirements for Admission

The program admits promising students whose academic backgrounds are in the behavioral sciences, business, economics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or the liberal arts.

For more information, refer to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Bulletin’s Policies and Regulations section https://catalog.yale.edu/gsas/policies-regulations .

• PhD/Master's Application Process

Who is Eligible to Apply? 

If you have completed your undergraduate degree (bachelor's or equivalent) or will have completed it prior to your intended matriculation date at Yale, you may apply to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).

A Master's degree is not required to apply for a PhD at Yale, although some programs give preference to applicants with post-baccalaureate training. Consult your program of interest directly for information on how it evaluates applications.

We value diversity of all kinds at the Graduate School, and we encourage students from all backgrounds to apply if Yale is a good fit for your intellectual and professional goals. All are welcome to apply, without regard to citizenship or immigration status, socioeconomic level, race, religion, gender identification, sexual orientation, disability, etc.

Requirements for All PhD and Master's Degree Applicants

You will need to provide the following with your application for admission:

• A statement of academic purpose. You will find the prompt for the statement of purpose in our Application Question FAQs . 
• A list of all the prior colleges or universities you have attended, accompanied by unofficial transcripts from each school. Unofficial transcripts should be uploaded with your application. Official or paper transcripts are not needed at this time. 
• Three letters of recommendation. Enter the names of your recommenders directly in the application and they will receive a link to upload a letter on your behalf. 
• $105 application fee or fee waiver. 
• Standardized tests . GRE requirements vary by program. TOEFL or IELTS are necessary for most non-native English speakers. 
• Resume/CV . 
• Some programs have additional requirements, such as a writing sample . You can find information about any specific requirements on the program's website. 

Where Do I Begin?

Decide whether you will apply for a PhD or a terminal Master’s (MA, MS) in one of the programs available at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences . (Note that you will earn one or more Master's degrees en route to a PhD.) Learn about the program: its faculty, course offerings, and resources. Read the faculty's research publications. If you can identify and articulate why the program is a good fit for you and show how your preparation and interests align well with it, you will have a strong application.

A note to students applying to one of Yale’s professional schools or programs:

• If you are applying for a PhD in Architecture, Environment, Investigative Medicine, Law, Management, Music, Nursing, or Public Health; for an MS in Public Health; or for an MA in Music, be sure to use the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences PhD/Master's application.
• If you are applying for any other degree at one of the University’s professional schools (Art, Architecture, Divinity, Drama, Environment, Global Affairs, Law, Management, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Public Health), visit that school’s website for further instructions. Those programs have separate admissions policies and processes that are administered by the professional schools, not GSAS.

Application deadlines vary by program, so please see Dates & Deadlines for information about your program of interest. 

All new students matriculate in the fall. The admissions process begins nearly a year in advance of matriculation.

Some PhD and Master’s degree programs require Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Check your program's standardized testing requirement before you apply. 

In addition, applicants whose native language is not English may need to take an English Language test (TOEFL or IELTS).

The application for Fall 2024 entry is closed. The application for Fall 2025 entry will be available starting in mid-August 2024. 

Be sure to complete and submit the application before your program's application deadline. 

Your application fee or an approved fee waiver is due upon submission of your application. 

Your letters of recommendation do not need to be received before you will be able to submit your application. However, since programs begin reviewing applications shortly after the respective application deadline, please be sure that your letters of recommendation are submitted promptly.

What Happens After I Submit My Application?

The faculty admissions committee in each department and program begins reviewing applications shortly after their application deadline. Led by the director of graduate studies (DGS) or director of graduate admissions (DGA), the committee will recommend students for admission to the Graduate School. Once confirmed by the deans of the Graduate School, the admissions office will release final decisions to applicants.

Unlike undergraduate admissions, the admissions office and staff of the Graduate School maintain the application, the application process, and other administrative transactions, but the admissions staff does not review applications or make admissions decisions. That responsibility is handled by the faculty of each department or program.

Most admissions decisions are provided between February and early March. You will receive an email notification when your admissions decision is available.

If you are accepted for admission, you will need to decide if you wish to accept our offer by April 15. We abide by Council of Graduate School's April 15 Resolution , regarding graduate financial support. 

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Edward P. Evans Hall, Rm. 5125A, 203.432.6002 https://som.yale.edu/programs/phd M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Dean Kerwin Charles

Director of Graduate Studies Matthew Spiegel (Evans Hall, Rm. 4526, 203.432.6017, [email protected] )

Professors Rick Antle, Nicholas Barberis, James Baron, Lorenzo Caliendo, Judith Chevalier, James Choi, Ravi Dhar, Jonathan Feinstein, Shane Frederick, Stefano Giglio, William Goetzmann, Gary Gorton, Edward Kaplan, Bryan Kelly, Sang-Hyun Kim, Marissa King, Andrew Metrick, A. Mushfiq Mobarak, Tobias Moskowitz, Barry Nalebuff, Nathan Novemsky, Edieal Pinker, K. Geert Rouwenhorst, Nils Rudi, Peter Schott, Fiona Scott-Morton, Jiwoong Shin, Kelly Shue, Alp Simsek, Deborah A. Small, Edward Snyder, Matthew Spiegel, K. Sudhir, Jacob Thomas, Heather Tookes, Amy Wrzesniewski, Gal Zauberman, X. Frank Zhang

Associate Professors : Saed Alizamir, Tristan L. Botelho, Jason Dana, Julia DiBenigno, Balázs Kovács, Michael Kraus, Vineet Kumar, Song Ma, Vahideh Manshadi, Aniko Öry, Taly Reich, Thomas Steffen, Kosuke Uetake, Tauhid Zaman

Participating faculty from the School of Management : Laura Adler, Alexander Burnap, Christopher Clayton, Corey Cusimano, Jennifer E. Dannals, Raphael Duguay, Paul Fontanier, Oriane A.M. Georgeac, Soheil Ghili, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Zeqiong Huang, Ivana V. Katic, Joowon Klusowski, Cameron S. LaPoint, Lesley Meng, Anya Nakhmurina, Jayanti Owens, Edward Watts, Alexander K. Zentefis

Fields of Study

Current fields include accounting, financial economics, marketing (behavioral), marketing (quantitative), operations, and organizations and management.

Core Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree

All students are required to take their individual program’s seminar and workshop series in every term throughout their years in residence. These are not counted as part of the required number of courses specified below for each of the individual programs. All of the programs are full-time, requiring that all students be in residence at Yale during the academic year as well as the summer months. Teaching is considered to be an important part of the doctoral program in Management. Students are expected to serve as teaching fellows in one term of their residence. Additional requirements in each program of study are listed below.

Special Requirements in Accounting

The Accounting Ph.D. Program prepares students to become scholars engaged in research and teaching at the highest levels in the general areas of financial information and contracting within and across organizations.  The specialization in accounting is designed to develop strong theoretical and empirical skills. There is heavy emphasis on original research, supported by courses, presentations, feedback, joint work, and informal interactions with the faculty and fellow students in accounting and other disciplines.  A key aspect of the program is multifaceted interaction among students and faculty on emerging research through seminars, conferences, brown bag lunches, and informal discussions. To develop this interaction, students must be fully engaged with the program during their stay here.  At the beginning of each academic year, the director of graduate studies (DGS) assigns each student to work with a member of the faculty as a research assistant. Also, students have the opportunity to serve as teaching assistants to members of the faculty and gain experience towards becoming independent instructors.

In addition to the general requirements of the Graduate School, we emphasize the following:

Courses During their first four semesters, students must pass a minimum of 12 courses, which are selected in consultation with the faculty advisers and the DGS. In addition, students are required to do the following:

• Register for the Accounting seminar ( MGMT 781 -02) and the Accounting pre-seminar ( MGMT 782 -02) every term in the program,
• Register for the Finance pre-seminar ( MGMT 782 -01) in years 1 through 4,
• Audit the Accounting Ph.D. seminars ( MGMT 700 ,  MGMT 701 ,  MGMT 702 , and  MGMT 704 ) in years 3 and 4, and
• Pass all other Ph.D. level seminars taught by Accounting faculty in years 1 through 4.

Other requirements During the summers after the first and second year, students work on original research papers, which are due by September 1 and October 1, respectively. When submitted, copies must be sent to the Ph.D. registrar as well.

During the summer after the second year (around mid-June) students take a faculty-written three-day qualifying examination, which assesses their intellectual readiness to begin dissertation research.   The dissertation must be defended by the end of the seventh year in the program.

For the five years that they receive a stipend, students must be in residence at Yale, during the academic year as well as the summer.

Students must participate in the full range of normal academic and other intellectual engagements and activities of the University and SOM and interact with the faculty and fellow students on a day-to-day basis.

Students may be dismissed from the accounting program for any of the following reasons: (1) unsatisfactory performance at the end of the first or second year of the program, if the grade average falls below a High Pass (at least as many Honors grades as Pass), (2) failing the qualifying examination, or (3) unsatisfactory first- or second-year papers.

Special Requirements in Financial Economics

The Ph.D. program (and its accompanying fellowship support) provide the necessary training needed by our students to launch a promising career in academic finance. Towards this end the finance group has set up a series of requirements and milestones that must be met to help insure that students are making progress toward that career goal. It is important for everyone to understand that when a student's progress ceases, it is better for everyone concerned if that student leaves the Ph.D. program.

The requirements that have been set forth are quite difficult. Meeting them is a full-time job. Students should not be engaged in other types of employment (other than work as a research or teaching assistant) during their period of enrollment. Because of the difficulty in fulfilling these requirements, students should plan for them carefully. Where a requirement involves faculty approval, consultation with the relevant faculty should begin well in advance of deadlines. Students should seek out faculty they may wish to work with early in the process to ensure a smooth transition from one stage of the program to the next.

Courses Students must take and pass at least twelve Ph.D. level courses, in total, to graduate. In the first year of the program students are required to take Financial Economics I ( MGMT 740 ). Students must also take Microeconomics I & II ( ECON 500 ; ECON 501 ) and Econometrics I & II ( ECON 550 ; ECON 551 ). Some students with limited math or economics backgrounds may be advised to postpone taking some of these courses until their second year in the program. In addition to Financial Economics I, students are also required to take the Ph.D. level courses offered by the Finance faculty. In the recent past this has included courses on Financial Econometrics, Financial Crises, Behavioral Finance, Household Finance, and Applied Empirical Methods. Availability and topic varies by year. Since most students take the qualifying exam in their second year, they are required to take the topics courses offered that year.

To be admitted to candidacy, a student must pass all required courses and must maintain at least an HP grade point average. Students who fail a required course may retake it once, and the grade of the second instance will replace the first on their transcript. The required courses are ECON 500 , ECON 501 , ECON 550 , ECON 551 , MGMT 740 , and the other Ph.D. courses offered by the finance faculty in the student's first two years of the program.

Students must also receive a grade of Honors in at least one full-year or two term-long graduate courses. Students must also satisfy the general program and Graduate School grade requirements.

Seminar and Pre-Seminar Series 

The finance seminar takes place every Friday from 11:10 to 12:30. Every week during the school year, a prominent academic speaker presents his or her latest work. Seminars allow both students and faculty to get an in-depth look at papers in progress and to see first-hand what elements strengthen or weaken a research piece. Seminars are also useful for generating new research ideas which can help students to formulate their dissertation topics. The pre-seminar takes place at a regularly scheduled date and time prior to the actual seminar. The only exceptions are the weeks when Yale students are giving their "job talk." The pre-seminar is typically run by the member of the faculty who scheduled the regular seminar series that term. The pre-seminar's format is similar to that of the regular seminar series except that a student, rather than the paper's author, does the presentation. Attendance at both the seminar and pre-seminar is mandatory during a student's entire time at Yale.

The Finance Lunch Starting in their third year of the program, students should attend the Finance Lunch, which takes place every Tuesday and features presentations by Yale faculty and students. In the Finance Lunch, students in their third year or beyond are required to do one forty-minute presentation per term on their research. Students on the job market will do a full eighty-minute talk. Students in their first or second year of the program should attend the Finance Lunch if their schedules allow.

Qualifying exam

The qualifying exam covers the Ph.D.-level finance courses taken in the two prior years of study. Unless given a waiver by the director of the finance Ph.D. program, students must take the qualifying exam before the last business day before June 15. 

Format   The qualifying exam is a closed book test. It will be either open-note or closed-note; this will be determined by the examining faculty in the spring of the year in which the exam is offered. If there is any other pertinent information about the exam, it will be provided by the finance Ph.D. program director at least four weeks before the exam.

Passing and Failing   If a student fails the exam he or she may request to take it, at most, one more time. The makeup exam must be taken by the final business day before August 1st. However, if the student took the exam in their first year and failed, they may delay retaking it until June 15th after their second year. If the makeup exam is also failed, the student will be dismissed from the program. The format of the makeup exam will be identical to that of the original.

First- and Second-Year Papers 

These papers are designed to help students begin the process of writing a dissertation by acquainting them with the recent literature in an area. In addition, these papers are meant to give students practice in the art of communicating their results. If you cannot clearly explain, in writing, what you have discovered, it does not matter what you have done. Nobody will read it, and thus nobody will know about it. Papers must meet the literary standards (with regard to both prose and grammar) required by the academic journals to pass. Both papers must be solo-authored, except in cases where a co-author is required in order to access the data needed for the project. These cases must be approved by the DGS.

First-Year Paper   Students are required to write a research paper during the summer between their first and second year in the program. The topic of the first-year paper requires written approval by the faculty member acting as the student’s adviser. The deadline to submit that approval to DGS is May 15th. An acceptable paper is a literature review that goes over several recent papers in an area, explains their relationship to each other, discusses one or more potential areas for original research, and provides at least some original analysis. Examples of what qualifies as original analysis include the reproduction of at least part of an empirical study on a new data set, or the extension of a theoretical paper along some lines. Of course, more ambitious works are welcome. This paper is due by the second Monday in August and should be turned into the finance group's Ph.D. program director with a copy sent to the Ph.D registrar.

Second-Year Paper  Students are required to write a research paper during the summer between their second and third years in the program. This paper should look more like a potential journal article than the first-year paper. It should include an abstract, an introduction, a main body, and a conclusion. The paper must include at least a preliminary analysis of some problem in finance. While this paper does not need to be as complete as a dissertation chapter, it must demonstrate an ability to identify and set out an agenda to solve an academically interesting problem. By May 15 the second-year paper proposal must be approved by a member of the finance faculty that has agreed to supervise the project. The paper itself is due by the second Monday in August and should be turned into the student's adviser with a copy sent to the Ph.D. registrar.

Papers that Receive a Failing Grade   Students whose papers receive a failing grade may be dismissed from the program at the faculty's discretion. For those students that are allowed to continue in the program the deadline for the revised manuscript depends upon the paper's shortcomings.

 • If a paper does not pass, due to the quality of the analysis, the student will have until the second Monday in October (of the same year in which the paper was submitted) to produce an acceptable manuscript.  • If a paper does not pass due to the quality of the writing, the student will be required to take an English composition class in the fall term. An acceptable draft of the paper must be turned in prior to the start of the following spring term.

Ph.D. Prospectus 

The Graduate School requires that, prior to the start of a student's fourth year in the program, he or she must produce a prospectus and line up a dissertation committee.  The finance group requires students to do this prior to the start of the spring term of their third year.  The prospectus provides an overview of the dissertation's first essay and should include at least a paragraph describing two other potential essays. Enough detail should be provided to convince the faculty that the first essay will be completed by the end of the calendar year and that a second essay will be nearly complete. The early deadline for the prospectus reflects the finance group's desire to ensure that students make progress towards their dissertation throughout their stay in the program. Most students are expected to seek an academic position during their fifth year in the program and complete their dissertation by the end of their fifth year.

Unless a dissertation committee is formed and a prospectus is approved by the spring of a student's third year, it is nearly impossible for him or her to finish in four years. The student's dissertation committee must have at least four members: three to act as readers and the dissertation adviser to act as chair. Dissertation advisers may not act as a reader. All four committee members must sign off on the prospectus. At least two members of the committee must be from the finance group unless a waiver is given by the finance group's Ph.D. program director.  If a student cannot form a committee prior to the start of the spring of their third academic year, the student cannot continue in the program.  Most dissertation committees have a primary adviser and two secondary advisers. The primary adviser is the person the student should turn to for most questions regarding their progress towards an acceptable dissertation and job market strategies. Dissertation advisers play a critical role in a student's career. As such, students are strongly encouraged to seek out potential advisers early on as they progress through the program; the first year is not too early. Students may not remain in the program longer than seven years without the written permission of the DGS.

Dissertation

A typical dissertation contains three essays. They do not need to be that closely related. An acceptable thesis might be titled "Three Essays in Finance." Prior to final acceptance of the dissertation, students must pass a public defense. Before a public defense can be scheduled, all three members of the committee must agree that the student and the dissertation itself are ready. All members of the faculty are invited to a dissertation defense. After the defense, the faculty in attendance will meet to discuss the dissertation. The faculty may pass or fail the student. In addition they may grant a conditional pass. This is done when the faculty believe there are only some minor problems with the dissertation and delegate the final decision regarding these corrections to the committee. After the faculty pass on the dissertation (or the committee passes on the dissertation in the case of a conditional pass), the dissertation is submitted to the Graduate School. The Graduate School will assign readers who make a final acceptance on the dissertation. The reader assignment is governed by the Graduate School; however, they usually assign the two secondary advisers and one other faculty member.

The "Job Market"

The job market for Ph.D. candidates seeking academic positions in finance takes place at the annual meetings of the Financial Management Association in October, and of the American Finance Association (AFA) in early January. Students wishing to interview at these meetings must mail "job market" packets to potential employers at least six weeks prior to the meetings. The packets consist of at least one finished essay and three letters of recommendation. Those seeking positions at the top-level universities interviewing at the AFAs should expect that some of the competition will arrive with two or more finished essays, one of which may have been accepted for publication. As a practical matter students cannot go on the job market unless their dissertation committee approves. As part of their preparation for the job market, students are expected to present their work at the Tuesday Finance Lunch in the fall of the year in which they are going on the market. Students should ask the chair of their dissertation committee for information regarding the scheduling of this seminar.

Critical Dates 

Failing any item in italics  will result in dismissal from the program.

First Year Students must take and pass Financial Economics I. Summer of the First Year First-year papers are due by the second Monday in August. Revised papers that did not initially pass due to the quality of the analysis are due the second Monday in October. Revised papers that did not pass due to issues related to writing quality are due prior to the start of the spring term . Second Year Students must take and pass the topics courses offered by the finance faculty. Students must take and pass the qualifying exam. This exam will be offered about one month after the final topics class in that academic year. Students that fail the qualifying exam may, at the faculty's discretion, take a makeup exam about a month later. To continue in the program, students must pass the qualifying exam, pass all the required courses, and keep an HP grade point average. If a student fails a required course, they may retake it and the grade of the second instance will replace the first on their transcript. Summer of the Second Year Second-year paper proposals are due and must be approved by a member of the faculty that has agreed to act as the project's supervisor by May 15. The paper itself is due by the second Monday in August. Revised papers that did not initially pass due to the quality of the analysis are due the second Monday in October. Revised papers that did not pass due to issues related to writing quality are due prior to the start of the spring term . Spring of the Third Year Students must produce a thesis prospectus and line up a thesis committee by start of the spring term of their third year in the program. The committee must have at least three members and at least two members must be from the finance group. Students that do not meet this deadline cannot continue in the program. Every Term while Enrolled Students must attend both the weekly seminar and pre-seminars.

Special Requirements in Marketing (Behavioral)

Admission to the Ph.D. program in Behavioral Marketing is highly selective. We admit two to three of the most promising students annually from an impressive pool of applicants. Academic backgrounds of admitted students are typically in the behavioral sciences or the liberal arts, but we welcome applications from students with degrees in economics, statistics, computer science, mathematics, and engineering. We do not require graduate degrees for admission to the doctoral program.

The Marketing department at Yale is consistently rated as one of the most productive in the field. We have an excellent placement record for our doctoral students, many of whom have gone on to secure tenure-track positions at top research institutions including Harvard, Stanford, Northwestern, and Columbia. The behavioral marketing faculty at Yale are all research-active scholars who specialize in consumer behavior, behavioral economics, and judgment and decision-making. Many of the behavioral faculty have joint appointments in the departments of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences. Ph.D. students are not assigned to a primary adviser prior to admission and are free (and encouraged) to work with multiple faculty members. Research interests and recent publications for the behavioral faculty are provided on the faculty page.

Courses  Students are encouraged to complete their doctoral training within five years. Required coursework is commonly restricted to the first two years of study, while the remaining time is spent completing the dissertation.  Students are required to pass twelve Ph.D.-level courses in their first two years. These include the following:

Three behavioral marketing core courses ( MGMT 753 , Behavioral Decision-Making I: Choice; MGMT 754 , Behavioral Decision-Making II: Judgment and; MGMT 758 , Foundations of Behavioral Economics); two empirical methods courses that cover the topics of experimental design and statistics; one breadth course that covers the topic of quantitative marketing; and six electives in behavioral sciences (example course subjects include social cognition, cognitive development, cognitive science of morality, foundations of neuroscience, cognitive science of pleasure, psychology of free will, or an independent study course).

Regular activities In order to remain in good standing, students are required to attend three seminar series regularly, including t he weekly Ph.D. Research Workshop in Behavioral Marketing (Sprouts), th e weekly Marketing Seminar series, th e Ph.D. Pre-Workshop in Marketing (immediately prior to most weekly Marketing Seminars).  Additionally, students are expected to meet regularly with their primary adviser and any collaborating faculty.

Qualifying Examinations

First-year paper and presentation  During their first year, students are expected to develop a project in collaboration with one or more faculty members. During the summer between the first and second year, students are required to write a ten- to twelve-page paper reporting this research, due September 1. Students are also required to give a thirty-minute research presentation summarizing this research in the fall semester of their second year.

Second-year paper and presentation  During the second year, students are expected to develop a more in-depth investigation (either an extension of their first year or a new line of work in a related area). Over the summer between the second and third year, students are required to write a paper of at least fifteen pages reporting this research, due September 1. This paper should include an extensive introduction that demonstrates mastery of the relevant literature. Students are also required to give a sixty-minute research presentation summarizing this research in the fall term of their third year.  Assessment of the second-year paper and presentation serves as the qualifying exam for the advancement to the Ph.D. candidacy.

The dissertation typically consists of three essays which are completed in years three to five. 

Dissertation Prospectus  Prior to starting work on the dissertation, students submit a dissertation prospectus that consists of brief descriptions (one to two pages per essay) of the essays to be contained in the dissertation. At this stage, students must also finalize their dissertation committee consisting of the principal adviser and three other faculty members. The prospectus must be completed and accepted by the dissertation committee by the end of the student’s third year.

Thesis Defense  After completing the dissertation, students must defend it before their doctoral committee, other faculty members, and interested doctoral students. The faculty can accept the dissertation as is, require minor changes, or not accept the dissertation and ask the student to redo one or more essays. (The third result occurs very rarely.) If minor revisions have to be made, the student makes these revisions, gets them approved by the principal adviser, and submits the dissertation to the Graduate School.

Students should consult the Graduate School calendar for the March and October deadlines to submit their dissertations for the May or December degrees.

Students may not remain in the program longer than six years unless they obtain permission for a seventh year from the DGS. Very rarely, students may request an eighth year of registration due to serious circumstances beyond their control that have prevented them from completing the dissertation by the end of the seventh year of study. Approval for an eighth year must come from the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In either case, an Extended Registration Request Form must be submitted.

Special Requirements in Marketing (Quantitative)

Courses Students are required to pass twelve Ph.D.-level courses in their first two years of study: two microeconomics courses ( ECON 500 and ECON 501 ); two empirical methods courses ( ECON 550 and ECON 551 ); three depth courses in the student's primary area of study (including one behavioral marketing course); and five electives (from ECON 520 , ECON 521 , ECON 527 , ECON 530 , ECON 531 , ECON 552 , ECON 553 , ECON 554 , ECON 555 , ECON 557 , ECON 600 , ECON 601 ; MGT 611 ; MGMT 703 ; S&DS 551 , S&DS 565 ).

These twelve courses have to be taken in the first two years. Students can take other courses not listed above as electives if their faculty adviser permits. The grade requirements are as follows: Students are expected to obtain at least two Honors grades and maintain a High Pass grade point average in ten of the twelve courses on the list. Off-list courses are not included when factoring grade point average.

Seminar Attendance In addition to coursework, students have to attend three seminar series regularly: the Ph.D. Workshop in Marketing, the Ph.D. Pre-Workshop in Marketing, and Quantitative Marketing Student Presentation Workshops. The first two seminars are held weekly. The Pre-Workshop consists of a discussion of the paper to be presented in the Ph.D. Workshop in Marketing that day. The discussion is led by a faculty member, and all the students are expected to participate in the discussion. Also, doctoral students make presentations in workshops arranged by the department. Marketing students are expected to attend all presentations made by marketing students and are encouraged to attend seminars in other areas.  

Research Paper Requirements  Students are expected to complete an original research paper during the summer following their first year in the Ph.D. program. Students must select faculty advisers for their first-summer paper and work with them during the summer to develop their papers. These papers have to be presented in the Ph.D. Student Research Workshop during the fall of a student’s second year. Students must turn in their paper within a week of presentation and will be graded by the adviser. Please note that a paper is always required to be submitted for distribution at the Student Research Workshop, but it need not be the final paper.

Students are also expected to complete another original research paper in the summer following their second year in the program. Again, students select faculty advisers to assist them in writing their papers. These papers must be presented in the Ph.D. Student Research Workshop in a student’s third year. Students must turn in their second-year paper by October 1 of their third year. If the paper does not pass, they may turn in a revised paper by February 1 of their third year. After that date, no further revisions will be considered.

While the primary goal of the first-summer paper is to introduce doctoral students to the world of academic research, the second-summer paper is expected to be comparable in quality with papers published in Marketing Science .  The first- and second-summer papers could be co-authored with other students or faculty.

Qualifying Examinations 

Students have to successfully complete the marketing qualifying examination at the end of their second year in the program. The exam is administered no later than June 15. The examination consists of two sections given over two days with each section administered as a closed-book, four-hour examination. The general section of the examination covers a variety of empirical and theoretical concepts within Marketing while the specialization section consists of questions relating to a single area of research which the student chooses in co-ordination with the marketing faculty.

The Qualifying exams receive a grade of either Pass, Unsatisfactory, or Fail. Students with a failing grade cannot retake the exam and will be dismissed from the program. Those receiving a grade of Unsatisfactory will be given one opportunity to retake the exam and must do so during August of the year in which the student first took the exam. Failure to earn a passing grade on either the first or second Qualifying exam will result in dismissal from the program.

Dissertation 

The dissertation typically consists of three essays which are completed in years three to five. Prior to starting work on their dissertation, students have to write a dissertation prospectus which consists of brief descriptions (one-and-a-half pages per essay) of the essays to be contained in the dissertation. At this juncture, students must also finalize their dissertation committees, consisting of a principal adviser and three other faculty members. The prospectus must be completed and accepted by the dissertation committee by the end of the student’s third year.

After a dissertation is complete, students must defend it before their committee, other faculty members, and interested doctoral students. The faculty can accept the dissertation as is, require minor changes (e.g., a more complete bibliography or better writing of the introduction), or not accept the dissertation and ask the student to redo one or more essays. 

Students may not remain in the program longer than six years without written permission of the DGS.

Special Requirements in Operations

Admitted students must satisfy six program requirements: (1) twelve courses, (2) a first-year paper, (3) a general exam, (4) operations seminar participation, (5) a dissertation prospectus, and (6) a dissertation. A grade point average of High Pass (HP) must be maintained. Students must also comply with all other rules of the Graduate School and of the Yale School of Management Doctoral program. On average, students will need five years to complete these requirements.

Courses  All students must pass at least twelve courses: two core courses ( ECON 500 , Microeconomics; and ENAS 649 , Policy Modeling), five required methods courses ( STAT 541 , Probability Theory; ENAS 502 , Stochastic Processes; STAT 542 , Theory of Statistics; ENAS 530 , Optimization Techniques; and ECON 501 , Choice/Game Theory), two operations modeling courses ( MGMT 720 , Models of Operations Research and Management; and MGMT 721 , Modeling Operational Processes), and at least three elective courses scheduled upon approval by the student’s course adviser.

Typically, all of these courses are completed in the first two years of the program. Under unusual circumstances and with the approval of both their adviser and the DGS, students may fulfill some of the methods course requirements with alternative offerings.

First-Year Paper

During the summer after the first year of coursework, students will work with an operations faculty member on an ongoing research project. By September 30, the students should prepare written reports on their work and prepare presentations on this work for the operations group internal seminar. Continuation in the program is contingent upon the faculty’s approval of the report.

General Exam

The General Exam has two components: a coursework exam, based upon the coursework of the first two years, and a second-year research paper. The coursework exam will be scheduled by faculty sometime after the last day of exams of the spring term and prior to June 16. After the coursework exam, students will be provided with a list of research topics by the operations faculty and must choose to work on one of these or, with the approval of the faculty, a topic of their own choosing, with the aim of delivering a paper by September 30. Faculty will evaluate a student’s continued enrollment in the program based upon course grades, the coursework exam, and the second-year paper. Students who do not pass the exam will, at the discretion of the faculty, be offered a chance for remediation sometime prior to the end of the fall term.

Operations Seminar

Approximately every other week, leading operations scholars will visit to present their latest research. Doctoral students will meet with Operations faculty prior to these seminars to review the papers and related literature. Participation in this seminar is required throughout the program.

No later than the end of their third summer in the program, students must submit a prospectus for their dissertation as an application to doctoral candidacy. Based upon this proposal and a student’s previous performance, the faculty will decide whether to admit the student to candidacy. Submission and approval of a completed dissertation will follow the policies of the Graduate School. Students failing to complete their dissertation within six years of advancing into candidacy will be dropped from the program.

Special Requirements in Organizations and Management

The Yale Organizations and Management doctoral program is designed to prepare individuals for faculty positions in organizational behavior, management, and strategic management at research-oriented business schools. It is unique in its multi-disciplinary orientation, introducing students to psychological, sociological, and economic perspectives both on the internal dynamics of organizations and on how organizations interact with their environments, as well as in the depth of its training in empirical methods. The Yale Organizations and Management program is small, ensuring that each student receives ample faculty attention, and is highly flexible, allowing the program to be tailored to each student's interests.  Upon admission, each student will be assigned to a faculty adviser who will help the student to design an individualized program that prepares the student well for doing research in his or her area of interest.

Students in the Ph.D. program in Organizations and Management must satisfy five requirements: (1) pass twelve courses, (2) seminar and workshop participation, (3) a first-year paper, (4) a second-year paper/qualifying exam, and (5) a dissertation (usually consisting of three journal-quality papers). Students must also comply with all other rules of the Graduate School and of the Yale SOM doctoral program.

Courses All students must pass twelve courses: two methods courses ( PLSC 503 and PLSC 504 ; or ECON 550 and ECON 551 ; or, students who believe they will primarily do experimental research may take PLSC 503 and a methods course in psychology such as PSYC 518  for ECON 551 ); four depth courses ( MGMT 731 , MGMT 733 , MGMT 734 , MGMT 736 ); four social science courses in psychology or sociology (e.g., PSYC 505 , PSYC 509 , PSYC 557 , PSYC 621 ; SOCY 511 , SOCY 544 ,  SOCY 625 , SOCY 633 ); one breadth course outside the student’s area of study, chosen in consultation with the student’s adviser; and at least one additional elective chosen in consultation with the adviser. 

Seminars and Workshops

Organizations and Management Seminar  Roughly every other week, the area invites world-class scholars to present their research to Yale faculty and students. Doctoral students are expected to attend these seminars in every term of the program. Prior to the seminar, students will meet with one of the faculty members to discuss the paper being presented. Beginning in their third year, students are also expected to present in the seminar once per year.

MGMT 730 , Organizational Behavior in Development (OBID) . Ph.D. students, in each term of the program, are required to regularly attend this weekly internal brown-bag seminar series. The seminar is jointly taught by the Organizations and Management faculty doing research with large-scale (usually archival) data sets, behavioral experiments, or qualitative data. These meetings provide a venue for the discussion of study design, research methods, the interpretation of research results, the crafting of papers, and important published research. 

Research Papers and Qualifying Exam

First-year paper In the summer between their first and second year in the program, each student must collaborate on a research paper together with a faculty member. The idea for this paper may originate with either the student or the faculty member. In either case, an initial draft of the paper must be completed by September 30 of their second year, and the completed paper must be approved by two faculty members and submitted by 5 p.m. of the last day of classes of their fall term, and a copy must be emailed to the Ph.D. registrar. Students will present these co-authored papers in the MEaN or MOB Workshop in the fall of the second year. Generally, these papers will be submitted to journals and will result in publications prior to the end of a student's time in the program.

Second-year paper (Qualifying Exam) In the summer between their second and third year in the program, each student must work on a research paper under the guidance of a faculty member. The idea for this paper must originate with the student, though the faculty member may assist in developing the paper for publication. An initial draft of the paper must be completed and submitted by 5 p.m. of the last business day in October of their third year, and a copy must be sent to the Ph.D. registrar. Students will present these papers in the MEaN or MOB Workshop in their third year. The expectation is that these papers will be submitted to journals.

The second-year paper is considered the qualifying exam and will be vetted by both the Organizations and Management faculty and the DGS. If a student receives a failing grade on their second-year paper, they have ninety days from the date they are notified to submit a passing paper.

Admission to candidacy  Once students have completed their coursework and first- and second-year papers, they may apply for admission to candidacy. As part of this application, students must submit a proposal for their planned dissertation. Admission to candidacy depends on a comprehensive review of the student's performance by the faculty; completion of the requirements listed above does not guarantee admission. Students must be admitted to candidacy prior to their fourth year in the program. In order to give the faculty enough time to review the prospectus, admission to candidacy paperwork is due to the student’s adviser by August 1 before submission to the Doctoral Program registrar.

By the fall of year three, students should propose ideas for their dissertation and form a four-person dissertation committee to advise this research. The dissertation committee’s chair must come from the School of Management’s Organizations and Management ladder-rank faculty. Students will generally present progress on these papers in the Ph.D. Student Research Workshop on an annual basis.

JOINT J.D./PH.D. IN FINANCE

Students in the joint J.D./Ph.D. in Finance program must meet the following requirements:

Course requirements, Ph.D.  Eight courses, including the following five required courses: ECON 500 ; ECON 501 ; ECON 550 and ECON 551 ; MGMT 740  and two additional Ph.D.-level finance courses. Upon reaching the Ph.D. candidacy, students are required to attend MGMT 781 and MGMT 782 .

Course Requirements, J.D.   71 credit units at Yale Law School, including the required first-term courses taken in one term (Contracts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Administration, and Procedure), Torts and Regulation, a course satisfying the legal ethics requirement, Business Organizations,  and six credit units satisfying the experiential learning requirement.

Predissertation writing requirements (1) A paper fulfilling the Ph.D. second-year research paper requirement, and (2) a paper fulfilling one of the J.D. writing requirements (substantial or supervised analytic writing). Note: an accepted Ph.D. second-year research paper will fulfill the student’s remaining J.D. paper requirement by registration for independent research credit with the student’s law school faculty adviser. One of these papers must qualify as the student’s prospectus.

Qualifying examination in finance The qualifying exam is in three courses: the section of the qualifying exam pertaining to MGMT 740 and two additional doctoral finance courses. The qualifying exam is taken after the student has completed all required graduate finance courses.

Master’s Degrees

M.Phil. A student who is admitted to candidacy will be eligible to receive the M.Phil. upon the recommendation of the program’s faculty and the approval of the Graduate School.

M.A. Applications for a terminal master's degree are not accepted. The M.A. degree is awarded only to students not continuing in the Ph.D. program. The student must complete eight graduate-level term courses approved for credit in their program and maintain an average grade of High Pass. Students who are eligible for or who have already received the M.Phil. will not be awarded the M.A.

Program materials are available upon request to the Director of Graduate Studies, Management, Yale University, PO Box 208200, New Haven CT 06520-8200. For information on the M.B.A. degree, please contact the admissions office at the School of Management.

MGMT 521a / ECON 728a, Workshop: International Trade   Staff

Workshop/seminar for presentations and discussion on topics in the field of international trade. HTBA

MGMT 702a, Seminar in Accounting Research III   Staff

Study of empirical accounting research that covers topics such as valuation, pricing of accounting information, earnings management, reporting issues, accounting regulation, analyst forecasts, and auditing. F 1:15pm-4:15pm

MGMT 708a, FrontiersofDisclosure&RepResrc   Staff

MGMT 721a, Modeling Operational Processes   Nils Rudi

W 4:10pm-7:10pm

MGMT 730a, Organizational Behavior in Development   Julia DiBenigno

Organizational Behavior in Development (OBID). PhD students, in each term of the program, are required to regularly attend the weekly internal brown bag seminar series, OBID. The seminar is jointly taught by the Organizations and Management faculty doing research with large-scale (usually archival) data sets, behavioral experiments, or qualitative data. These meetings provide a venue for the discussion of study design, research methods, the interpretation of research results, the crafting of papers, and important published research.   0 Course cr HTBA

MGMT 734a / SOCY 506a, Designing Social Research   Balazs Kovacs

This is a course in the design of social research. The goal of research design is “to ensure that the evidence obtained enables us to answer the initial [research] question as unambiguously as possible” (de Vaus 2001: 9). A good research design presupposes a well-specified (and hopefully interesting) research question. This question can be stimulated by a theoretical puzzle, an empirical mystery, or a policy problem. With the research question in hand, the next step is to develop a strategy for gathering the empirical evidence that will allow you to answer the question “as unambiguously as possible.” W 8:30am-11:30am

MGMT 740a / ECON 670a, Financial Economics I   Stefano Giglio

Current issues in theoretical financial economics are addressed through the study of current papers. Focuses on the development of the problem-solving skills essential for research in this area. W 4pm-7pm

MGMT 742a, Financial Econometrics and Machine Learning   Bryan Kelly

This course, taught in the first half of the term, provides a theoretical treatment of major topics in corporate finance and banking, including: capital structure; incomplete contract and ownership; agency theory, information, and financial contracting; corporate finance and financial market; banking and intermediaries; and recent topics relating to financial crises. Economics Ph.D. students need to take both this course and Empirical Corporate Finance ( ECON 676 / MGMT 748 ) to obtain credit; then, together, they will be counted as one credit.   ½ Course cr HTBA

MGMT 746a, Financial Crises   Gary Gorton

An elective doctoral course covering theoretical and empirical research on financial crises. The first half of the course focuses on general models of financial crises and historical episodes from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The second half of the course focuses on the recent financial crisis. Prerequisites: MGMT 740 and 741 (doctoral students in Economics may substitute the core microeconomics sequence), and permission of the instructor. HTBA

MGMT 754a / PSYC 554a, Behavioral Decision-Making II: Judgment   Nathan Novemsky and Ravi Dhar

This seminar examines research on the psychology of judgment. We focus on identifying factors that influence various judgments and compare them to which factors individuals want and expect to drive their judgments. Topics of discussion include judgment heuristics and biases, confidence and calibration, issues of well-being including predictions and experiences, regret and counterfactuals. The goal is threefold: to foster a critical appreciation of existing research on individual judgment, to develop the students’ skills in identifying and testing interesting research ideas, and to explore research opportunities for adding to existing knowledge. Students generally enroll from a variety of disciplines, including cognitive and social psychology, behavioral economics, finance, marketing, political science, medicine, and public health. T 4:10pm-7:10pm

MGMT 757a, Designing and Conducting Experimental Research   Gal Zauberman

This course discusses how to effectively generate, design, evaluate, report, and present behavioral research. Topics include theory development, idea generation, increasing statistical power, internal vs. external validity, between vs. within-subjects designs, psychological measurement, survey research methods, the publication process, writing high-quality abstracts and journal articles, and presenting research findings. This course offers a very practical, learning-by-doing approach. In addition to discussing the weekly readings, class sessions offer students ample opportunity to practice (1) generating appropriate and effective experimental designs, (2) generating high-quality survey questions, (3) critiquing and reviewing existing research, and (4) presenting research findings. This course is primarily for Ph.D. students intent on pursuing an academic career conducting behavioral research in psychology, marketing, organizational behavior, or a related field. Th 2:30pm-5:30pm

MGMT 762a / ECON 678a, Macro Finance   Alp Simsek

T 4:10pm-7:10pm

MGMT 781a, Workshop   Staff

781-01, Accounting/Finance Workshop; 781-03, Marketing Workshop; 781-04, Organizations and Management Workshop; 781-05, Operations Workshop. HTBA

MGMT 782a, Doctoral Student Pre-Workshop Seminar   Staff

782-01, Accounting Doctoral Student Pre-Workshop Seminar; 782-02, Financial Economics Doctoral Student Pre-Workshop Seminar; 782-03, Marketing Doctoral Student Pre-Workshop Seminar; 782-04, Organizations and Management Doctoral Student Pre-Workshop Seminar; 782-05, Operations Doctoral Student Pre-Workshop Seminar. HTBA

MGMT 791a, Independent Reading and Research   Staff

By arrangement with individual faculty. HTBA

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• Joint Degrees

MBA/PhD with the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

The joint-degree program offers an MBA in combination with a PhD in the sciences or humanities from the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

An MBA may be pursued in combination with a PhD in one of a wide array of  areas of study , in the biological sciences, engineering and applied sciences, the humanities, the physical sciences, and social sciences. An MBA/PhD is not available in the  management disciplines .

Students typically complete both degrees in approximately seven years, rather than the eight or more that would be required if the degrees were pursued separately. Programs are highly customized to fit each student's individual course of study, and are generally determined at the time of admission. Students must complete one full year at Yale SOM, during which they complete the integrated MBA curriculum, and one year taking courses at both schools. Students typically begin their full year at Yale SOM after PhD qualifying exams have been passed.

Students receive financial support from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences during the semesters in which they are enrolled there. They pay tuition during the three semesters during which they are enrolled at Yale SOM.

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Jd-phd in finance, program purpose and structure.

This joint degree program with the School of Management is intended for students wishing to pursue a career in business law teaching. The program provides prospective legal scholars with the analytical tools that are necessary for engaging in research in business-law-related areas. Alumni of the program are professors in law schools or have dual appointments in law and business schools. For more information about the rationale for the program, prospective applicants should see “ After the Revolution in Corporate Law .”

Current students in the program are listed on the School of Management Ph.D. candidate website .

Applicants to the program must be enrolled in the Law School. Law students must meet the admission requirements of the School of Management’s Ph.D. program. A mathematical background including undergraduate courses in Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Real Analysis, and Statistics/Econometrics, is typically required for admission. The expectation is that law students will apply for admission to the Graduate School in their first year at the Law School, but they may also apply in their second year.

Prospective students should contact the YLS Financial Aid Office for the most recent information regarding program support.

Degree Requirements

(1) Course Requirements:

SOM : Eight courses, including the following five required courses:  Economics 500 (General Economic Theory: Microeconomics); Economics 501 (General Economic Theory: Microeconomics, which is the course covering an introduction to game theory); Economics 550 and 551 (Econometrics I and II); MGMT 740 (Financial Economics I); and two additional Ph.D. level finance courses. Upon reaching Ph.D. candidacy, students are required to attend MGMT 781 (Ph.D. Seminar: Accounting/Finance) and MGMT 782 (Ph.D. PreSeminar: Financial Economics).

Law School : 71 credit units, which include the required first term courses taken in one semester (Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Administration, and Civil Procedure); Torts and Regulation; a course satisfying the legal ethics requirement; and 6 credit units satisfying the experiential learning requirement.

(2) Graduate School Grade Requirements:

Finance Ph.D. courses are graded according to a scale of H, HP, P, and Fail. Finance Ph.D. students are required to maintain an HP average to continue in the program past two years. This requirement operates such that a grade of P in one course can be offset by a grade of H in another course. In addition, the Graduate School requires all students to receive two or more grades of H to graduate.

(3) Pre-dissertation Writing Requirements:

Two papers are required: (1) a paper fulfilling the SOM second-year research paper requirement and (2) a paper fulfilling one of the Law School’s writing requirements (substantial or supervised analytic writing).  Students present the second-year paper in ECON 679 (Financial Economics Student Lunch). An accepted SOM second-year research paper may fulfill the student’s remaining Law School paper requirement by registration for independent research credit with the student’s Law School faculty advisor. One of these papers must qualify as the student’s prospectus. 

(4) Qualifying Exam in Finance: 

Qualifying exam in three courses: the section of the qualifying exam pertaining to MGMT 740 and two additional doctoral finance courses. The qualifying exam is taken after the student has completed all of the required graduate finance courses.

(5) Dissertation and Oral Defense.

A typical dissertation contains three essays. They do not need to be that closely related. An acceptable thesis might be titled “Three Essays in Law and Finance.” Prior to final acceptance of the dissertation, students must pass a public defense. Before a public defense can be scheduled, all three members of the committee must agree that the student and the dissertation itself are ready. All members of the faculty are invited to a dissertation defense. After the defense, the faculty in attendance will meet to discuss the dissertation. The faculty may pass or fail the student. In addition they may grant a conditional pass. This is done when the faculty believe there are only some minor problems with the dissertation and delegate the final decision regarding these corrections to the committee. After the faculty pass on the dissertation (or the committee passes on the dissertation in the case of a conditional pass), the dissertation is submitted to the Graduate School. The Graduate School will assign readers who make a final acceptance on the dissertation. The reader assignment is governed by the Graduate School; however, they usually assign the two secondary advisers and one other faculty member.

• Field Descriptions

Development has long been one of the strengths of the Yale Economics Department. The field benefits from its rich history of leadership in the profession, and from the institutional support of the  Economic Growth Center . The focus of the group is on empirical microeconomic analysis of development using a wide variety of methods.

Overview of Courses

We offer a two semester sequence. Econ 730 and Econ 731 together cover a wide variety of topics, including household modeling; the organization and analysis of production in firms and farms; informal institutions, including families and networks; aspects of risk; analysis of credit, land and labor markets; savings; education; health; aggregate growth; project evaluation; and technology adoption.

There is a  development economics seminar  that meets weekly at which faculty from other universities and advanced graduate students make presentations. The Economic Growth Center also sponsors a  weekly lunch  at which more informal presentations of work in early stages are made by faculty and graduate students.

Yale has one of the finest research groups in econometrics in the academic world. The department has consistently led international rankings in econometrics over the last three decades. Our faculty have research interests in all the major fields of econometrics, and the department provides a rich training ground and finishing school for aspiring econometricians. Over the past thirty years, the department has nurtured the development of more than 70 econometrics Ph.Ds, many of whom are now prominent econometricians working in universities, government agencies, or the financial industry.  

Yale faculty play leading editorial roles in the major econometrics journals. The journal  Econometric Theory  has been hosted at Yale since its establishment in 1985. Following its longstanding tradition of supporting research in quantitative economics, the Cowles Foundation provides a uniquely supportive environment for econometric work in all its modern manifestations from theory to practice and amidst its growing number of sub-disciplines from time series econometrics and financial econometrics through to microeconometrics and spatial econometrics.

The Cowles Foundation funds a regular influx of short term and long term academic visitors, post-docs, and doctoral students from other institutes, who contribute to the research atmosphere in econometrics and provide an additional intellectual resource for our own graduate students. Many prominent econometricians from around the world visit the department and spend sabbatical terms at Yale.

The Yale econometrics group has close interactions with applied fields, particularly industrial organization, labor, macroeconomics, development, structural microeconomics, and finance. These interactions assist our graduate students in developing applied interests to accompany their research in econometric theory.

The department offers an intensive six-semester sequence of courses in econometric theory and its applications. These courses enable incoming students to cover foundational material in probability theory and econometric methods. Students with strong backgrounds are encouraged to enter the second-year sequence which covers modern asymptotic theory, parametric and nonparametric modeling, time series, panel data methods, and microeconometrics. Further advanced topics courses are available in the following year as well as courses taught by faculty who specialize in empirical work.

Requirements

The primary departmental requirement in econometrics is an Applied Econometrics Paper. This requirement helps students acquire experience in applied econometric work, including the use of econometric software and programming techniques, which are valuable skills for all practicing economists, irrespective of specialization.  Click for further information on this requirement .

The Department runs three weekly workshop meetings in econometrics. A formal  Econometrics Seminar  hosts speakers invited from other universities to report on their latest research and to provide overviews of developing research areas. A less formal  Econometrics Research Workshop  enables students and faculty to discuss their own ongoing work and go over the details of technical proofs in their papers. The Workshop also provides a venue for short-term visitors to discuss extensions and applications of the work presented in the Econometrics Seminar. An informal  Econometrics Prospectus Lunch , funded by the Cowles Foundation, is intended primarily for our graduate students to assist them in moving forward with their own research agendas, to prepare them for writing a dissertation prospectus, and to report on ideas and early findings. The Lunch enables faculty to discuss recent ideas and wider issues of econometrics, including the history of econometric thought. The Lunch is a convenient venue also for our former students who are working in government or industry to report on their work in these sectors.

Other Recommended Courses

Students are encouraged to take advanced courses in Statistics, Mathematics, and Computer Science Departments, where many complementary courses are offered.

Economic history has long been an important part of the core curriculum in the graduate program at Yale. In addition to faculty in the economics department, there are faculty in the history department and other parts of the university with interests in economic history. Find addtional information on the  Program in Economic History page .

    Timothy W. Guinnane     Professor of Economics, Yale University     Contact information & office hours:  https://sites.google.com/site/timothywguinnanec/(link is external)

We offer to graduate-level courses intended for economics PhD students every year. Econ 580 focuses on Europe. Econ 581 deals with the United States. In addition, we typically have one or more long-term visitors in residence, and these people offer courses about other times and places. Economics Ph.D. students doing a field in economic history may also be interested in taking courses offered by the History Department.  These courses do not satisfy the PhD requirement, and they will not be part of the basic course offerings for a field in the Economic Department, but they can be useful additions for students in some areas.  Interested students should consult the economic history faculty in the Economics Department for further information.

There one is the formal weekly  workshop . Most presentations at this workshop are by speakers invited from other universities.

Ph.D. Requirement

Students in the economics Ph.D. program must have completed either Econ 580 or Econ 581 before they can be admitted to candidacy. Note that Econ 585 does not satisfy this requirement.

Economic History in the Oral Exam

Economic history can be either the major or the minor field in a student’s oral examinations. In each case, the student will have taken both Econ 580 and Econ 581. An oral exam with economic history as a minor field will cover the material from these two courses as well as material from a single topic agreed by the students and instructors in economic history. An oral exam with economic history as a major field will cover Econ 580 and Econ 581. In addition, the student will be responsible for a presentation that could lead to a dissertation topic, and for additional readings relevant to that project.

Students intending to write a dissertation in economic history will probably find it useful to take courses offered in the history department or elsewhere in the university. There are no formal requirements of this sort, however, and such additional coursework is agreed after discussion with the relevant faculty.

Microeconomic Theory at Yale is characterized by a large faculty and comprehensive course offerings across all specializations, foremost among them decision theory, game theory, and general equilibrium theory.

The  Cowles Foundation  is supporting a  Research Prorgram in Economic Theory  which hosts every year a number of long-term visitors.

Microeconomic Theory I (Econ 500a) and II (Econ 501b) is a two-course core sequence for all students in the Ph.D. program. Material covered includes consumer and producer theory, choice under uncertainty, general equilibrium theory, game theory, information economics, and mechanism design. The sequence is designed to provide a thorough overview of microeconomic tools that will be used by Ph.D. students in all fields; it also prepares students for the comprehensive exams taken at the end of the first year in the program.

Advanced Microeconomics I (Econ 520a) and II (Econ 521b) is a two-course sequence examining in more depth foundational issues in game theory, information economics, mechanism design, and social choice.

Mathematical Economics I (Econ 530a) and II (Econ 531b) is a two-course sequence focused on issues in general equilibrium theory. Typically, these sequences are taken by Ph.D. students in the second year, including both those who will end up specializing in microeconomic theory and those who will do applied research using advanced tools of microeconomic analysis.

Course Requirements and Descriptions

The first-year sequence (Econ 500a and 501b) is designed for first-year students in the Economics Ph.D. program. Other students should seek the permission of the instructor. The first-year sequence is a prerequisite for the second-year courses (Econ 520a, 521b, 530a, 531b).

     — ECON 500a: Microeconomic Theory I      — ECON 501b: Microeconomic Theory II      — ECON 520a: Advanced Microeconomics I      — ECON 521b: Advanced Microeconomics II      — ECON 530a: Mathematical Economics I      — ECON 531b: Mathematical Economics II

A central element of the research environment in microeconomic theory are the:

     —  Micro Theory Lunch  (Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm)      —  Microeonomic Theory Workshop  (Wednesday, 2:30 - 4:00 pm)

both of which are an integral and indispensable part of intellectual communication in microeconomic theory.

Recommended Mathematics Courses of Theory Graduate Students

In microeconomic theory, mathematics and statistics represent important languages and techniques to express our ideas. We, therefore, recommend that graduate students in economic theory at Yale take or audit a stream of mathematics and statistics classes. If you take one course a term starting in the second year on, then by the end of the fifth year you will have at least eight important courses to support your ability to develop, analyze, and solve mathematical models. At Yale, there are a number of courses we can recommend and a partial list is the following:

     — AMTH 237a: Optimization and Complexity      — AMTH 462a: Graphs and Networks     — MATH 250a: Vector Analysis      — MATH 260a: Basic Analysis in Function Spaces      — MATH 301a: Introduction to Analysis      — MATH 305b: Real Analysis MATH      — MATH 320a: Measure Theory and Integration MATH      — MATH 325b: Introduction to Functional Analysis

     — STAT 251b: Stochastic Processes      — STAT 330b: Advanced Probability      — STAT 637a: Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization

Yale has played a central role in the development of modern Financial Economics, ever since James Tobin created the Capital Asset Pricing Model and championed the general equilibrium approach to macroeconomics and finance.  John Geanakoplos, Bob Shiller, and Eduardo Davila, together with the faculty in the School of Management, and the faculty in related fields in economics, cover nearly all areas of finance, theoretical and empirical.  Yale is an exciting place to do research in finance.

The core sequences in Microeconomics (Econ 500a and 501b) and Macroeconomics (Econ 510a and 511b) provide our students with the first exposure to core ideas in Financial Economics.  Students interested in Financial Economics as a field can take Econ 530a and Econ 531b, a full second-year sequence that studies frontier topics, with particular emphasis on macro-finance, financial theory, and general equilibium.  Topics covered in Mathematical Economics I and II include general equilibrium with incomplete markets (GEI), collateral equilibrium and the leverage cycle, default and punishment, adverse selection and moral hazard in general equilibrium, monetary equilibrium, asset price bubbles, limits to arbitrage, liquidity and credit crunches, intermediation and banking, financial regulation, dispersed information and learning in financial markets, and financial recessions.

In addition to the sequence offered by the Department, our students have access to the multiple courses offered by the finance group at the School of Management. These courses include: Financial Economics I (MGT 740/Econ 670), Empirical Asset Pricing (MGT 747), Empirical Corporate Finance (MGT 748), Financial Crises (MGT 746/Econ 674), Behavioral Finance (MGT 745/Econ 672), and Household Finance (MGT 744). Our students often work on cutting-edge topics at the intersection of Financial Economics and other fields, including Macroeconomics, Economic Theory, or Industrial Organization, among others.

Visit the  Finance at Yale webpage(link is external)  for updated information regarding course offerings and other finance related information.

There is a weekly Finance Workshop, hosted at the School of Management, in which outside speakers make presentations. There is a weekly Finance Lunch co-sponsored by the department and the School of Management where Yale PhD students and faculty present work in progress. The Macroeconomics and Theory weekly workshops often host Finance related outside speakers. Graduate students interested in Finance often present work in progress in other lunches hosted at the department.

Industrial Organization at Yale is a strong and distinctive group. Over the past 10–20 years, Yale ranks as one of the largest producers of top IO graduate students, and Yale currently places at least one IO student in a faculty position in the “top 20” virtually every year.

Faculty in IO have a set of strongly interrelated research interests in empirical IO, microeconomic policy, and related methodological techniques. This yields a highly collaborative and collegial research environment. Regular formal and informal interactions with the IO-based Economics group at the School of Management (SOM) broadens the group, particularly in areas of policy interest, creating a larger, vibrant IO community. In recent years, the field has benefited greatly from the formation and growth of the Structural Microeconomics program at the Cowles Foundation.

We offer a two-semester sequence (Econ 600 and 601) that covers a broad range of topics. The first semester begins by locating the study of industrial organization within the broader research traditions of economics and related social sciences. Alternative theories of decision making, organizational behavior, and of market evolution are sketched and contrasted with standard neoclassical theories. The semester includes a detailed examination of the determinants and consequences of industrial market structure. The second semester moves on to policy issues including public control of utilities and antitrust regulation, as well as modeling of dynamic oligopoly, collusion, and technological change.

The  IO seminar  meets weekly and hosts leading senior and junior faculty from around the world. There is also an  IO Prospectus Workshop  primarily for Yale graduate students presenting thesis work at various stages of development.

The International Trade group at Yale extends across the department and the School of Management and includes faculty who work on theoretical, empirical, and quantitative trade models, trade policy, political economy, and international finance. The field also benefits from the university’s globalization initiative.

To complete the International Trade sequence, students must take at least two of the following three courses:  720, 721, and 794.  On the theoretical side, these courses cover the theory of international trade, policy, and institutions.  Specifically, the sequence covers a discussion of classical, neo-classical, and imperfect-competition-scale-economies-based static models of trade; dynamic extensions of some of the issues, such as gains from trade, tariffs and quotas, customs unions and free trade areas, and the political economy of trade policymaking.  On the empirical side, the sequence covers a variety of topics in international trade with particular emphasis on current research areas.  Topics include tests of international trade theories; studies of the relationship between international trade, labor markets, and income distribution; recent trade liberalization episodes in developing countries; empirical assessment of various trade policies, such as VERs and Anti-Dumping; productivity (and its relation to international trade liberalization); and exchange rates, market integration, and international trade.”

We have a weekly  International Trade Workshop  at which faculty from Yale and other universities and advanced graduate students make presentations. The department also sponsors a weekly  International Trade Lunch  where Yale faculty and graduate students present work in its early stages.

With Joe Altonji, Costas Meghir, and several very strong junior faculty, Yale has one of the top labor economics groups in the country. The faculty and graduates are active in research on traditional topics such as determinants of wages and human capital accumulation as well as newer areas such as the impact of health care reform, financial literacy, and behavioral economics.

The department offers a two-semester sequence in Labor Economics (630 and 631). The first semester of the sequence includes topics such as static and dynamic approaches to demand, human capital and wage determination, wage income inequality, unemployment and minimum wages, matching and job turnover, implicit contract theory, and the efficiency wage hypothesis, while the second semester covers static and dynamic models of labor supply, firm-specific training, compensating wage differentials, discrimination, household production, bargaining models of household behavior, intergenerational transfers, and mobility.

There is a joint  Labor/Public Economics Workshop  that meets weekly at which faculty from other universities and advanced graduate students make presentations. The department also sponsors a weekly  Labor/Public Economics Prospectus Workshop  at which more informal presentations of work in its early stages are made by faculty and graduate students in the field.

Yale has a long and storied tradition of excellence in macroeconomics and is currently one of the most vibrant macro research groups in the world. It includes faculty leading the field in both theory and empirical research as well as several faculty influencing current policy debates. It consistently trains and places macroeconomists in leading universities and policy institutions around the world.

The graduate macro sequence consists of two core courses (510 and 511) and two advanced courses (525 and 526). The core courses analyze short-run determination of aggregate employment, income, investment, saving, prices, interest rates, asset prices, as well as growth, fiscal and monetary policy. To this purpose, core courses extensively train students in the methodology of modern dynamic economics: Dynamic Programming, Vector Autoregressions, Equilibrium concepts, and computational methods. The advanced courses are topical and track frontier research in macroeconomics. Prominent examples of recently covered topics are heterogeneous agent economics with adjustment costs to capital and labor, wealth inequality in incomplete market economies with financial market imperfections, optimal taxation, and search theory of unemployment.

We have a weekly  Macroeconomics Workshop  at which faculty from other universities and advanced graduate students make presentations. The department also sponsors a weekly  Macro Lunch  where Yale faculty and graduate students present work in its early stages.

Political economy is a relatively new strength at Yale, benefiting from new faculty and increased collaboration with the Yale Political Science department.

The Political Economy sequence consists of two courses: 790 and 791. The first covers basic theoretical models but focuses on empirical political economy. It covers topics such as voting, campaign finance, the behavior of government representatives, incumbency, and corruption. Econ. 791 begins with lectures on Thomas Piketty’s  Capital in the 20th Century  and then studies the debates in egalitarian political philosophy beginning with John Rawls about the nature of distributive justice.  Philosophical proposals are critiqued with the aid of economic models.

Political Economy Research is presented every week in the  Leitner Political Economy Seminar , as well as in several of the regular economics seminars including  Macro ,  International , and  Labor/Public .

Our faculty in public economics come together from several other sub-fields in the department. These include macro faculty who do theoretical public finance, environmental faculty who work on policies to address climate change, and health economists who work on health care policy. And of course, several of our labor and development faculty also work on public policy issues.

The department offers a two-semester sequence in Public Finance (680 and 681). The sequence covers theories of government provision of public goods, moral hazard, and adverse selection. Empirical methodologies will vary from standard reduced-form techniques to structural estimation. Substantive areas will include health economics, taxation, social security, and non-health components of government spending.

There is a joint  Labor/Public Economics Workshop  that meets weekly at which faculty from other universities and advanced graduate students make presentations. The department also sponsors a weekly  Labor/Public Prospectus Economics Workshop  at which more informal presentations of work in its early stages are made by faculty and graduate students in the field.

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• ABI/Inform Collection Provides access to journal articles and abstracts, popular press, and news covering: business, management, accounting, auditing, economics, finance, taxation, marketing, advertising, personnel, banking, public administration, and nonprofit organizations. more... less... Includes full-text access to articles from The Economist & Wall Street Journal.
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• American Consumer Culture American Consumer Culture: Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965 provides a unique insight into the world of buying, selling and advertising in pre- and post-war America. more... less... The collection provides access to thousands of market research reports by pioneering analyst Ernest Dichter and his Institute for Motivational Research, commissioned by advertising agencies and global businesses in a booming era for consumerism, ‘Madison Avenue’ advertising and global brands.
• American Energy Society Association for energy professionals that provides non-partisan energy news, insights, and professional development opportunities. Our campus subscription provides Yale affiliates with full access to all member benefits, free of charge. Includes access to publications, all reports and white papers, podcasts, and a comprehensive archive. Also includes services such as energy ecosystem maps, trend-spotting analytics, and much more. New users will need to register for an individual account using a valid Yale email address .
• Audit Analytics Provides detailed information and analysis on accounting firms and publicly registered companies in the United States. Yale currenlty subscribes to the Audit + Compliance and Corporate + Legal modules. Students, faculty, and staff can access Audit Analytics data via WRDS or the Audit Analytics website. Both options require users to register for an account with a valid Yale email address.
• Bank Regulatory Database (via WRDS) The Bank Regulatory Database contains five databases for regulated depository financial institutions. These databases provide accounting data for bank holding companies, commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loans institutions. An individual WRDS account is required to access this data. more... less... Includes: The Commercial Bank Database, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (FRB Chicago), contains data of all banks filing the Report of Condition and Income (named “Call Report”) that are regulated by the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Comptroller of the Currency. The Bank Holding Companies Database, from the FRB Chicago, collects financial data from bank holding companies included in the FRY-9 reports. The FDIC/OTS Deposit Database collects deposit data on each office of every FDIC-insured bank and savings association. Data are collected annually (as of June 30) and is available from 1994. The Merger Description data from the FRB Chicago provides acquisition/merger data and other useful records about circumstances under which a financial institution ceased to exist. It provides information about the survivor and non-survivor entity, dates and merging codes from 1986. The Research Information System (RIS) Database, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), contains financial data and history of all entities filing the Call Report and some savings institutions filing the OTS Thrift Financial Report (TFR).
• BCC Research BCC Research provides access to market research reports and market forecasting in advanced materials, biotechnology, chemicals, energy, healthcare, sensors, plastics, nanotechnology, and other emerging technologies. Over 250 research reports are published annually.
• The Block Pro Features data and in-depth research and analysis on the digital asset landscape. Our subscription includes access to over 2,000 reports published by The Block's research team, the Data Dashboard, and invitations to join monthly analyst calls and thematic webinars. Requires users to register for an account with a valid Yale email address.
• Bloomberg Available on dedicated workstations located at Marx Library and the School of Management. Requires users to register for an account using a current Yale email address. Visit our Getting Started with Bloomberg Guide for information. more... less... DATA LIMITS: If you need large or reoccurring amounts of data through the Bloomberg Excel API, please contact SOM IT or [email protected].
• Bloomberg.com Features news, data, analysis, and video content from the Bloomberg News group, covering financial markets, the economy, politics, technology, and more. Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address. Bloomberg.com accounts are reset annually after the spring semester. Returning users may need to re-register with their @yale.edu address at that time. more... less... Note: Our Bloomberg.com subscription does not include access to other Bloomberg products, including Bloomberg Anywhere, BloombergNEF, or Bloomberg Law. Bloomberg.com credentials require a Yale email address and are different from the Bloomberg Terminal login name.
• Blue Chip Publications (Available on the VitalLaw platform) Includes Blue Chip Financial Forecasts (Excel Archive 1982 - Present & PDF 2018 - Present); Blue Chip Economic Indicators (Excel Archive of Quarterly Consensus Forecast from 1980 - 2018; Excel & PDF 2017 - Present); Blue Chip Econometric Detail (PDF 2018 - Present). Requires users to register for an account with a Yale email address for access.
• Business of Fashion Professional Provides news, exclusive analysis and briefings, and case studies on the global fashion industry. Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address. The campus subscription does not include access to BoF Insights reports.
• Business Source Complete Offers full-text access to top scholarly business journals, magazines, & trade publications, dating back as far as 1886. Also offers access to industry profiles, company reports & SWOT analyses, market research, & country reports. more... less... Popular titles available via Business Course Complete include: Harvard Business Review, Journal of Finance, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forbes, & Journal of Accounting Research.
• Caixin Global The english language news platform for the Chinese independent media outlet Caixin. Features news headlines on politics, economy, business and finance in China. Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address for access.
• Calcbench A database and research tool for financial statement analysis, financial accounting, and auditing of public companies using SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) XBRL data. Requires users to register for an account with a valid Yale email address.

• Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Climate Data Self-reported CSR and Environmental Data at the company level. Includes: Investor CDP public data, 2010-2022 Supply chain CDP public data, 2010-2022
• Carbon Pulse News and intelligence on carbon markets, greenhouse gas pricing, and climate policy. Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address.
• CB Insights CB Insights provides real-time information about global start-up companies and investors. Requires users to sign up for an account using a Yale email address. Please note: Expert Intelligence reports are not available with academic or university accounts.
• CEIC Data Delivers accurate and timely economic, sector and financial data from around the globe. more... less... Includes: China Premium Database has over 270,000 time-series data back to 1949; India Premium Database with over 121,000 time series on 27 sectors (economic and industrial) to provincial and city level.
• Centralbanking.com Online news source featuring articles, interviews, and audiovisual content focusing on monetary policy, financial stability, financial technologies, and more. Also included is access to the Central Bank Directory and the Central Banking Journal. The Benchmarking Service is not included in our subscription.
• China Economy, Public Policy, and Security Database Analytical reports intended to guide policymaking in the People’s Republic of China. Published by the prestigious Social Sciences Academic Press, a branch of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. more... less... Covers a variety of issues of importance to China's government and research community, including international relations, agricultural policy, and industry competitiveness. They may be considered somewhat analogous to United States Congressional Research Service reports and analysis reports published by the RAND Corporation.
• Compustat (via WRDS) Income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows, and supplemental data items on more than 24,000 publicly held companies. From S&P Global. An individual WRDS account is required to access this data.
• Conference Board Essential economic data coupled with superior business management research and insights from the world’s most widely-quoted source of management and economic research.
• CoreLogic Includes access to: CoreLogic loan-level market analytics; CoreLogic deed data; CoreLogic tax data; and CoreLogic MLS (Master listing service data)
• Crunchbase Data Data on private and public company investments, funding, people - including investors and founders, and more. Yale researchers can request access to the excel/csv file or receive the data via API. Limited access to a Crunchbase Pro account is also available on a short-term basis. Submit a request form to get started.
• CRSP (via WRDS) Security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq stock markets. Coverage goes back to 1962. An individual WRDS account is required to access this data.
• Data Axle Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA) Searchable directory of public and private U.S. and Canadian companies. Featuring 24+ million current records and 150+ million historical records (back to 2003). Can be used to create maps and charts of business locations. more... less... Data Axle Reference Solutions limits the number of records that can be downloaded per search. For access to a deeper backfile of historic records (back to 1997) without download limits, try the InfoGroup Historical Business data, available via WRDS.
• Data Explr: D&B Company Listings Provides access to more than 45 years of U.S. private company listings either as view-only or as manipulatable data. Content includes sales figures, employee counts, SIC Codes, addresses and family tree. Download specific years or a range of years of information. Data for 1981 and 1984 are not available. An individual Data Exlpr account is required to access this data.
• Datastream Available by request on Refinitiv Workpsace or WRDS. Features historical data on stocks, bonds, commodities and other financial vehicles such as options, convertibles, warrants, and swaps.
• eCommerceDB Provides data and statistics for online stores from around the world. Includes information on revenue, competitors, market development, marketing budgets, and other KPIs, such as traffic, shipping providers, payment options, and more. more... less... Also accessible via Statista.
• EconLit Provides coverage of the most sought-after economics publications from around the world and includes: peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers from leading universities, PhD dissertations, books, collective volume articles, conference proceedings, and book reviews. With over 1.2 million records and coverage as far back as 1886.
• The Economist Features current and archived issues dating back to 1997. Includes access to premium reports, video content, and the mobile app. Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address for access.
• EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) Databases Features expert political insights, policy analysis and economic assessments with cutting edge forecasts and extensive data.
• EMIS (Emerging Markets Information System) Features news, industry, company, and country data for emerging and established markets. Also includes access to global industry and market research reports from various sources. If you are prompted to login, select the Guest Access option.
• Esri Business Analyst Web-based software that applies GIS technology to perform market analysis with over 8,000 variables concerning demographics, consumer behavior, employment and many others. Requires an individual account. For more information and to request an account, visit: Online Mapping Resources: Esri Business Analyst Web Apps. more... less... Access is provided by Yale's Esri site license is available to current Yale students, faculty and staff.
• Factiva Features over 8,000 news sources from 118 countries and 22 languages, and 120 continuously updated newswires. Includes same-day and archival coverage of The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail , and local newspapers from every corner of the globe plus newswires from Reuters, Associated Press and more. Per our license agreement, Factiva may not be used for text mining projects.
• FactSet FactSet features comprehensive data and analytics on global financial and economic markets and companies, in a flexible, easy-to-use, web-based environment. Access to FactSet is made possible Yale School of Management . more... less... FactSet Workstation is available for Faculty & PhD Students.
• Firsthand (Previously known as Vault Career Insider) Current students, faculty, and staff can login to Firsthand with their NetID. Features industry and function-focused Vault career guides, Vault rankings, articles about companies, interview advice, and more.
• Foundation Directory Online Professional Includes information on over 100,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and public charities in the U.S. more... less... Includes searchable databases of sponsoring companies, recently awarded grants, and recent IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF, and more.
• Frost & Sullivan In-depth market research reports with strong coverage of the following industries: Aerospace & Defense, Auto & Transportation, Chemicals, Materials & Food; Electronics & Security; Environment & Building Technologies, Healthcare, Information & Communication Technology, and more.
• FT.com (Financial Times Online) Current Yale faculty, students and staff can sign up for unlimited access to FT.com articles and tools. more... less... Register for your account with your Yale email address at: http://on.ft.com/1RA0NF4
• Gale Business Insights: Global Find information on companies and industries including news, statistical data, industry overviews, rankings and market share.
• Gallup Analytics US and worldwide polling data. Search for data by topic, geography or keyword more... less... See also the World Poll Reference tool: https://wpr.gallup.com/signin/default.aspx; Yale subscribes to individual response data contact [email protected] for access.
• Gartner Information Technology industry research, reports, and trends.
• Global Development Finance World Bank statistical data focusing on financial flows, trends in external debt, and other major financial indicators for developing countries. more... less... Includes over 200 time series indicators from 1970 to 2010, for most reporting countries.
• Global Financial Data Financial and economic data covering over 150 countries and over 6,500 historical and current data series. more... less... Bonds, T-bills, unemployment, GDP, commodity prices, exchange rates, and more, some dating back to 1900. Access is restricted to current Yale faculty and students.
• GoinGlobal Global career resource featuring: job search sources; work permit/visa regulations - including the searchable H1-B database; resume writing guidelines and examples: employment trends: salary ranges: cultural/interviewing advice and more.
• Guidestar Pro Features operational and financial information plus analysts reports on US nonprofit organizations.
• Handbooks in Economics Full text collection of more than 20 books published by Elsevier in the fields of economics, finance and related disciplines
• Harvard Business Publishing eBooks Collection Features access to over 600 eBooks on a range of business-related topics, including leadership & management, entrepreneurship, human resources & personnel, strategic planning, and more. New titles are added regularly.
• IBISWorld Features research reports that provide industry overviews, key statistics, and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and projected performance, major industry participants, and more. Our subscription includes reports for the US (including State Reports and historical archive), Canada, Mexico, UK, and China. Over 70 global reports are also available.
• ImpactAlpha Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address. Online news source that features news and insights on global trends in impact investing and social impact in financial markets. more... less... Requires individual registration.
• indiastat.com Provides India-specific socio-economic statistical facts and figures culled from various secondary level authentic sources. Includes industry, labor, tourism, population, health, education, and general data.
• Infogroup U.S. Historical Businesses Data (via WRDS) Contains establishment-level data for more than 24 million businesses, including the business name, location, and industry classification code with coverage dating back to 1997. An individual WRDS account is required to access this data. A subset of this data is available in Data Axle (2003 - present). Previewing this data in Data Axle is encouraged.
• Business Insider (Previously Insider) Features news about business, technology, global affairs, and more. Also includes a pitch deck library, salary database, and organizational chart library for select companies. Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address.
• Insider Intelligence | eMarketer Features access to data, statistics, and analysis on digital markets, including digital advertising, social media, retail and eCommerce, and more. eMarketer and Insider Intelligence merged in 2021.
• International Financial Statistics (IMF) Current data on exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts. more... less... Coverage starts in 1940; series are monthly, quarterly or annual. Published by IMF.
• JSTOR Digital archive collection of scholarly journals in business and other disciplines. Recent issues & volumes from the last 3-5 years are typically not available in JSTOR.
• Kanopy Streaming Videos Kanopy Streaming Videos offers thousands of educational videos across a variety of subject areas, including Business. Videos cover a range of topics, including: Career Development, Business Case Studies, Business Skills, Economics & Globalization, and Leadership Training.
• Leadership Connect (Formerly known as The Leadership Library) Find background and contact information on leaders in business, government, and nonprofits in the United States. Note: The export function is not available with our subscription.
• LSEG Workspace Features market data, company financials and filings, earnings estimates, transaction data, analyst research, and more. Requires users to register for an individual account. Learn more here . This resource replaced Thomson ONE.
• Making of the Modern World Images from 61,000 works of literature on economic and business published from 1450 through 1850.
• MarketResearch.com Academic Features access to demographic, consumer, lifestyle and industrial product market research reports.
• Mergent Archives Archived collection of corporate documents. more... less... Subscription includes the full collection of Corporate Manuals (formerly published by Moody's) dating back to 1909, Municipal Manuals from 1918, and Historical Annual Report Collection.
• Mergent Intellect Directory of global business information that features access to private and public U.S and international business data, executive contact information, and industry research. Data is provided from D&B Hoovers.
• Mergent Municipal Bond Database Data set featuring bond attribute data for municipal bonds, dating back to the 1950’s. Largest collection of bonds is from the 1990’s forward. Data can be put together with any statistical software or programing packages or the SQL loader scripts.
• Mergent Online Provides information on U.S. and international companies. Key features include current and historical financial statement data, annual reports, company histories, subsidiaries, joint ventures, supply chain information, and analyst research reports.
• Mintel GNPD Mintel GNPD (Global New Product Database) tracks, analyzes, and explains worldwide product innovation and new product activity in consumer packaged goods markets. Covers food, drink, household, beauty & personal care, healthcare, and pet sectors across key global markets. Requires users to create a profile using your @yale.edu email address . Find step-by-step instructions for accessing Mintel GNPD in Yale Business Answers Now.
• Mintel Reports Research reports focusing on US consumer markets and products. Reports include market sizes, drivers, and segmentation, along with consumer attitudes and purchasing habits. Also includes analyst insights and stories on global consumer trends.
• Morningstar Direct Available at Marx Library on a dedicated workstation. Special access instructions apply. Morningstar's global investment database and analytics provide coverage, including worldwide investment data and global market indexes. It features hundreds of financial variables, including portfolio and ownership data for thousands of worldwide hedge-funds, open and closed-end funds, ETFs, insurance/life products, U.S. variable annuities & life policies, and 529 plans.
• Nexis Uni (Formerly known as LexisNexis Academic) Includes full-text news and information service that provides access to newspapers, magazines, transcripts, business and legal information. Also provides information on over 80 million companies.
• New York Times Current students, faculty, and staff can register for a New York TImes.com account with a valid Yale email address.
• OECD iLibrary Full-text books, journals, reports, and statistical data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Getting started guide available here .
• Orbis Database by Bureau Van Dijk with information on more than 400 million companies worldwide. Notable features include extensive coverage of private companies and corporate ownership structures. Provides access to 10 rolling years of financial data. Point in-time historical data available by request For additional help and a link to the ORBIS Platform, see the Getting Started with BVD's ORBIS guide.
• Orbis Intellectual Property Links global patent data to company and corporate data. Search for patents and companies using various criteria, including date range, company location, industry, and patent classification codes. Note: Our subscription does not include access to M&A information.
• Passport (Euromonitor) Market data & research, consumer demographics, and data tables. Includes market size for over 330 products, trends, and more.
• Pharmaprojects Pharmaprojects tracks pharmaceutical research and development globally. Users can search for drug therapies by company, drug name, disease, therapeutic class, development phase, etc.
• PitchBook Features real time data to research and analyze companies, PE & VC deals, funds, investors and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle. Requires users to sign in with an @Yale.edu email address. Users will be directed to the Yale CAS sign In page. Do not click "Log in without SSO" even if you had an individual account previously. Commercial use is prohibited. more... less... Users are limited to 10 downloads per day and 25 downloads per month. (1 download = 1 row of data on an Excel file). Accounts will automatically be reset annually on May 31.
• Policy Map An online data and mapping application that gives you access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries. Data comes from both public and proprietary sources.
• Political Risk Yearbook Annual publication of 100 of Political Risk Services' Country Reports, which provide assessment of potential political, financial, and economic risks to business investments and trade.
• Politico Pro Featuring legislative and regulatory insights, data tools, and other resources for government policy research. Includes access to E&E News (Energy & Environment).
• Preqin Current and historical data and research on private equity and other alternative investments. Subscription is for Private Equity, Hedge Fund, and Real Estate Online Services. Insights + premium publications are also included. Access to Other modules are not available at this time.. more... less... Private data from Preqin is available in WRDS.
• PrivCo Source for business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies. Requires users to sign up for an account using a Yale email address.
• Proquest Historical Annual Reports Digitized annual reports from hundreds of top North American companies from over the last 160 years.
• Proquest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global Proquest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Each year hundreds of thousands of works are added. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
• ReferenceUSA (now Data Axle Reference Solutions) Searchable directory of public and private U.S. and Canadian companies. Featuring 24+ million current records and 150+ million historical records (back to 2003). Can be used to create maps and charts of business locations. more... less... ReferenceUSA (now Data Axle Reference Solutions) limits the number of records that can be downloaded per search. For access to a deeper backfile of historic records (back to 1997) without download limits, try the InfoGroup Historical Business data, available via WRDS.
• Revelio Labs (via WRDS) Revelio is a workforce database that provides insight into a company's positions and job postings. Data is sourced from LinkedIn and supplemented with aggregator sites like Indeed. Available data includes individual work history (Revelio Individual), Revelio Job Postings, which can be mapped to a company, employee reviews (Revelio Sentiment), and Revelio Workforce Dynamics. Coverage begins from 2007 - 2009, depending on the product.
• RKMA Market Research Handbook Series Downloadable market research handbooks. more... less... Covers the following market sectors: Casinos, Gaming & Wagering, Consumer Behavior, Entertainment, Media & Advertising, Healthcare Business, International Consumers, Leisure, Restaurant, Food & Beverage, Retail Business, Sports, Travel & Tourism. Each report breaks down into industry segments and covers market assessment, trends, demographics and more.
• Roper iPOLL U.S. national-level public opinion survey questions and responses, back to 1935. No raw data for analysis, but does provide links to raw datasets in the Roper Center's catalog.
• S&P Capital IQ Pro (Previously known as S&P Global Market Intelligence) In-depth data, news, and analytics on the banking, energy & utilities, insurance, metals & mining, real estate, and technology, media, and telecommunications industries. Formerly known as SNL Finance or SNL Energy. Requires users to register for an individual account. Current Capital IQ account holders can access the platform directly using the S&P Capital IQ Pro link in the upper right corner of the Captial IQ page.
• S&P Global ESG Scores and Trucost (via WRDS) S&P's ESG and Trucost data is a mix of scores, indicating how well a company does in a given dimension, and impact, measuring tangible amounts of waste produced and resources used. An individual WRDS account is required to access this data. more... less... The ratings come from an acquisition of RobecoSAM in 2019. Trucost was acquired by S&P in 2016. The database is divided into the following three parts: - ESG Scores contain criteria scores (most granular) dimension scores, and global ESG scores (most aggregated). Examples include supply chain management and eco-efficiency (criteria scores) and environmental & governance (dimension scores). Each company will have only one global ESG score per year. - Trucost Environmental data reflects actual amounts of resouces used and are not scores. Greenhouse gases (abbreviated as GHG) are measured in metric tons of C02 equivalent, water is measured in cubic meters, electricity is measured in giga watts, etc. Usage is reported by scope. - Trucost Climate Analytics Through company-level analysis, assess exposure to seven climate-change physical risk indicators, analyze exposure to carbon pricing risk under different future climate change scenarios and evaluate alignment with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C from pre-industrial levels.
• S&P NetAdvantage Features company descriptions & financials, industry surveys, stock reports, and mutual fund research. Also includes a screening tool for companies, stocks, and bonds.
• Scopus Academic database covering peer-reviewed journals, book series, and conference proceedings - includes scientific, medical, technical and social science topics. Citation analysis is available.
• SDC Platinum SDC Platinum features historical data on new issues, bonds, syndicated loans, M&A, corporate governance, infrastructure, private equity, and more.
• SimplyAnalytics Web-based mapping application includes data from the U.S. Census, EASI Analytics, Simmons LOCAL and Nielsen Scarborough.
• Social Explorer Provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, featuring thousands of interactive data maps going back to 1790.
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Abstracts and full-text of accepted papers, working papers, and more in all areas of the social sciences, including Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing & Law.
• STAT+ Offers access to exclusive, in-depth coverage of early science and clinical trials, pharma and biotech news on Wall Street, policy development in Washington, and disruption in health care in Silicon Valley and beyond. Requires users to register for an individual account with a Yale email address.
• Statista An online statistics portal that provides acces to data from over 18,000 sources. Download data, charts, infographics, reports, and much more.
• UN Comtrade Annual international trade statistics, provided by over 200 countries, detailed by commodity and partner country to the United Nations, are stored in UN COMTRADE, a computerized data base system, all values are converted in US dollars and metric units, the coverage dates as far back as 1962.
• UNdata Combines several UN statistical databases into one interface.
• Vivvix (Previously Ad$pender and Adverstising Insights) Advertising expenditure data across different media platforms, including: cable and network TV, broadcast radio, magazines and newspapers. Search by category, parent, company, or brand. Create custom reports in text or excel formats. Access is limited to 3 simultaneous users.
• Wall Street Journal Online (WSJ.com) Current Yale faculty, students, and staff can register for access to WSJ.com.
• WARC WARC provides information and analysis on advertising and marketing from a variety of international sources. Content includes case studies, brand & category insights, advertising and marketing journals, best practice briefs & webinars, conference coverage, and more. Formerly known as World Advertising Research Center . Our subscription does not include Digital Commerce content or the AA/WARC Media Expenditure Report.
• Web of Science
• Wharton Research Data Service - WRDS Provides a single interface for historical financial, accounting, banking, economic data and more. Access is limited to research assistants, graduate students, faculty and staff. New users must request an account. more... less... Yale subscription includes the following datasets: Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE Indexes, Compustat, CRSP, CSMAR, CUSIP, DMEF Academic Data, Dow Jones, Fama French & Liquidity Facotrs, Federal Reserve Bank, IBES, ISS (Formerly RiskMetrics), MFLINKS, Mergent FISD, OTC Markets, Option Metrics, PHLX, Penn World Tables, SEC Order Execution, TAQ, TRACE, and, Thomson Reuters.
• World Bank eLibrary Current and recent World Bank titles, documents,and papers. Available as soon as they appear in print, in PDF and other user-friendly formats.
• World Development Indicators (WDI) World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. Presents current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
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Career opportunities for Yale’s talented doctoral and postdoc students in the humanities abound. One area of particular interest is the social sector, which provides a diverse array of fulfilling options. Pursuing these possibilities calls for innovative thinking, some professional development pertinent to nonprofits ,  a strong base of professional connections, and an entrepreneurial spirit and perseverance. While these opportunities will leverage the many skills gained pursuing a doctoral degree, navigating the transition to a career in the nonprofit sector will necessitate “shifting gears” and require a new narrative. In an effort to expose PhD and postdoc students to alternative career pathways   in the nonprofit arena and help them navigate this pathway, Yale’s Office of Career Strategy (OCS) is launching a new pilot program this fall focused on careers within the nonprofit sector.

Session I: An Inside View of a Successful Job Search

March 2, 4-5.30 PM

This session will provide some high-level tips as you navigate the various stages of the search process. The discussion will appeal to students both actively seeking positions as well as those considering a future position outside the academy. Topics to be covered include identifying key resources, developing networks, seeking informational interviews, and conducting a successful job search with strong resumes, cover letters and interviews. Panelists include:

• Hyun Ja Shin (PhD Yale, Economics), Director of Yale’s Graduate & Postdoc Career Services
• Ellen Babby (PhD Yale, French),  Consultant in nonprofit management

Session II: An Inside Look at Foundations

March 11, 4-5.30 PM

There are tens of thousands of grantmaking foundations in the United States of varying sizes and with diverse and compelling missions. Foundations can offer PhDs rich career possibilities in research, program management, and other roles. Learn from our expert panelists about their own transition from PhDs to their current roles, and how a career in foundations can be rewarding and intellectually stimulating. Our Q& A will give participants a chance to speak directly with panelists to discuss how to strategize a career within foundations and how best to translate your experience in graduate school into a nonprofit career.  Panelists include:

• Louise Bernard (PhD Yale, African American Studies) Director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center
• Lorelle Espinosa , (PhD UCLA, Higher Education and Organizational Change, ) Program Director, DEI in STEM Higher Education at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Session III: Inclusive Leadership and Governance in the NonProfit Sector

April 1st, 4-5.30 PM

Join this conversation to learn about how our panelists have leveraged their PhDs in important leadership roles in the non-profit sector. What does it mean to effectively govern an organization, and what skills have been critical to their success? How have they cultivated an inclusive organization through their leadership?  What advice do they have to Yale PhD students about navigating non-profit job markets? Our panelists include:

• Lavita McMath Turne r (PhD CUNY, Urban Education) Chief Diversity Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Victoria B. Bjorklund (PhD Yale, Medieval Studies), Retired Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP where she founded and headed group assisting nonprofits; chair of Board of Advisors for Doctors without Borders; member of the Robinhood Foundation Board of Directors
• Diana Cordova (PhD Stanford, Social Psychology) Academic Director of the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute

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Session IV: Career Prospects in the Environmental Sector

April 29th 4-5.30 PM

Nonprofit organizations focused on c limate change and the environment have experienced considerable growth in the last ten years. In this conversation, learn from three experts on how your graduate school experience can translate into meaningful careers in environmental organizations and centers focused on Climate Change. They will discuss their current roles, their career trajectories since completing a PhD, and how PhDs from all disciplines can strategize a career in environmental and climate science nonprofits. Panelists include:

• Laura Bozzi, (PhD  Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University,), Director of Programs of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health
• Nathaniel Keohane, (PhD, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University)  President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, a leading, independent voice for practical policy and action to address the world’s energy and climate challenges
• Benjamin Strauss (Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University), President and CEO of Climate Central

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May 3rd  3:30-5pm

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• Louis J DeGennaro , CEO of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the worlds largest voluntary health agency dedicated to fighting blood cancers.
• Rebecca  Tamarchak  (PhD Yale, Cell Biology and Immunology),  Senior Director, Strategy and Governance at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research 

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