David Weinbaum

David Weinbaum is Professor of Finance and Harris Fellow at the Syracuse University Martin J. Whitman School of Management. He also serves as chair of the finance department. Professor Weinbaum's research interests are in empirical asset pricing and derivatives. For example, one of his recent projects investigates how informed option traders trade around news announcements and another analyses the pricing of jump and volatility risk in the equity market. Weinbaum has published in several academic journals in finance, economics, and accounting, and his research has been featured in major news outlets including the Financial Times, U.S. News and World Report, and the Wall Street Journal. He teaches a finance course at the PhD level, investments at the undergraduate level, and has taught managerial finance and valuation in the online MBA program. In 2016, he received the Whitman faculty teaching award. He was previously on the faculty of the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where he won the Globe award for excellence in teaching. Weinbaum worked as a swap trader at BNP Paribas before earning his PhD at NYU Stern.

Professor Weinbaum's research interests are in empirical asset pricing and derivatives. For example, one of his recent projects investigates how informed option traders trade around news announcements and another analyses the pricing of jump and volatility risk in the equity market. Weinbaum has published in several leading journals in finance, economics, and accounting, and his research has been cited in major news outlets including the Financial Times, U.S. News and World Report, and the Wall Street Journal.