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Lauren Cohen
Lauren Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Finance area at Harvard Business School and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to joining HBS, Professor Cohen was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Yale University, in the School of Management, where he was on faculty from 2005-2007.
Professor Cohen's research focuses on empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, and portfolio choice. He has investigated the effect of limited attention on price evolution and studied the information in shorting for future returns. His recent work examines the role of social networks in information transmission in equity markets. His research has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Finance, and the Review of Financial Studies. Professor Cohen received a PhD in finance and an MBA from the University of Chicago in 2005, and a BSE from Wharton and a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001.