- Associate Professor
- Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance
-
(646) 312-3450
Professor Kostovetsky is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College since 2022. His main research interests lie in the area of financial economics. He is a co-author of the widely covered 2018 cryptocurrency report, “Digital Tulips? Returns to Investors in Initial Coin Offerings” (ICOs), which examined the use of ICOs as fund-raising tool for new ventures. He also focuses on the fast-growing industry of socially responsible investing, and how political beliefs and connections affect the decisions of financial investors and corporate managers. Prior to coming to Baruch, he was an Assistant Professor at Boston College (in Chestnut Hill, MA) and the University of Rochester (in Rochester, NY). His research has been published in top finance journals including the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics. For more about Prof. Kostovetsky’s research click here.