Resolve YES if the Finance PhD candidate accepts a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at one of the 30 schools listed below as their first job-market placement after graduating from their PhD before the end of 2026.
Resolve NO otherwise, including any of the following cases:
The candidate accepts a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at a school not on the list.
The candidate takes an industry position.
The candidate accepts a post-doc position.
The candidate does not go on the market this year (i.e., for employment starting Fall 2026).
There might be some debate about whether a department counts as a finance department. The rule of thumb is, if the University doesn't officially have a finance department, then a position in the business school generally counts. A position in an Economics department generally doesn't count.
The list is compiled roughly based on the ASU Finance Department ranking.
Do not debate whether other schools should be included, this list is fixed. Treat this as an arbitrary list of 30 schools if you will.
List of 30 schools relevant for resolution:
Harvard University
U Chicago
U Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Stanford University
MIT
Columbia University
New York University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Yale University
Ohio State University
Duke University
Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Northwestern University
Cornell University
London School of Economics
London Business School
USC
Boston College
UT Austin
UNC Chapel Hill
UIUC
Washington University in St. Louis
Indiana University (Kelley)
University of Maryland
University of Washington
Arizona State University
Emory University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Utah
Update 2025-11-15 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Candidates must accept positions before the end of 2026 (not before January 1st, 2026) to resolve YES.
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