Victoria Vanasco's research focuses on topics related to information asymmetries and their impact on financial markets and the real economy. Her work examines factors that lead to information and belief asymmetry, how markets provide incentives for information acquisition, and regulatory policies that can be used to increase liquidity and discipline these markets.
Victoria Vanasco is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Victoria received her PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She has a B.A. in Economics and a Master of Finance from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, where she is from. Prior to attending Berkeley, she spent two years as a Junior Professional Associate at the World Bank, where she was part of the Finance Group for Latin America.
This course provides an introduction to microeconomic theory designed to meet the needs of students in the GSB non-Economics PhD programs. The course will cover the standard economic models of individual decision-making, models of consumer...
This course covers the foundations of corporate finance including the management of capital structure, financial forecasting, dividend policy, financial distress, cost of capital and capital budgeting. It discusses the major financial decisions...
