Texas Finance Professor Sifts Data for Signs of Rigged Markets
The University of Texas at Austin professor has drawn ire on Wall Street for his previous work on ratings companies, investment banks, and, last year, a paper alleging the finance industry’s favorite volatility benchmark, the VIX, was rigged. He revels in the idea that his academic work has an impact beyond academia. “I not only want to understand the world, but make it better,” he says.