{"id":11136,"date":"2013-02-13T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T17:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2022-07-25T02:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T06:42:13","slug":"professor-profiles-nicholas-barberis-yale-school-of-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/professor-profiles-nicholas-barberis-yale-school-of-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Profiles: Nicholas Barberis, Yale School of Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school to attend, but the educational experience itself is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. Today, we profile\u00a0<strong>Nicholas Barberis<\/strong>\u00a0from the Yale School of Management.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11157\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Nicholas Barberis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Nicholas-Barberis.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Barberis, Yale School of Management\" width=\"160\" height=\"191\" align=\"right\" \/>The Stephen and Camille Schramm Professor of Finance at the Yale School of Management (SOM) since 2006, <strong>Nicholas Barberis<\/strong>\u00a0(&#8220;Investor&#8221;) received his BA from Cambridge University in 1991 and his PhD from Harvard University in 1996. Barberis\u2019s research focus is on behavioral economics, and he uses psychology to better understand trading behavior. In the core course \u201cInvestor,\u201d which is primarily lecture based, he educates aspiring managers about asset allocation, valuation, futures and options, and returns and risk in markets. Through the course, students explore risk and reward in investment through the themes of economics, psychology and organizational behavior. Speaking of the course in a February 2012 SOM News article, Barberis said, \u201cPsychology \u2026 can be helpful in understanding what goes on in markets. \u2026 Real-world finance is much more than just crunching numbers.\u201d A 12-minute video excerpt from Barberis\u2019s \u201cInvestor\u201d course is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0qf3ZH5Gac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at Yale or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school to attend, but the educational experience itself is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. 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