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- 16 Feb 2023

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
Engine No. 1, a small hedge fund on a mission to confront climate change, managed to do the impossible: Get dissident members on ExxonMobil's board. But lasting social impact has proved more elusive. Case studies by Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, and Vikram Gandhi look at the complexities of shareholder activism.

- 07 Feb 2023
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Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
What does an assistant manager of bingo actually manage? Increasingly, companies are falsely classifying hourly workers as managers to avoid paying an estimated $4 billion a year in overtime, says research by Lauren Cohen.

- 31 Jan 2023
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
High fees prevent many drivers from buying auto insurance—often with catastrophic consequences. Raymond Kluender offers a novel way to make coverage affordable and roads safer: Let drivers pay for only the days they drive.

- 23 Jan 2023
After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?
Rating agencies, such as Standard & Poor’s and Moody's, have been criticized for not warning investors of risks that led to major financial catastrophes. But an analysis of thousands of ratings by Anywhere Sikochi and colleagues suggests that agencies have learned from past mistakes.

- 13 Dec 2022
The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face
Prejudice persists in private equity, despite efforts to expand racial diversity in finance. Research by Josh Lerner sizes up the fundraising challenges and performance double standards that Black and Hispanic investors confront while trying to support other ventures—often minority-owned businesses.

- 21 Nov 2022
Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers
More consumers may opt to "buy now, pay later" this holiday season, but what happens if they can't make that last payment? Research by Marco Di Maggio and Emily Williams highlights the risks of these financing services, especially for lower-income shoppers.

- 03 Oct 2022
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
Go ahead and launch that venture. Even if it fails, the experience you gain will likely earn you a job that's more senior than those of your peers, says research by Paul Gompers.

- 20 Sep 2022
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Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
In 2014, Larry Fink started writing letters to the leaders of some of the largest publicly listed companies, urging them to consider the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Fink is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, one of the largest asset management houses in the world. The firm’s success was rooted in its cost-effective, passive investment products that rely more on tracking indices and funds. But Fink wanted his firm to engage with the companies in which they invest and hold them accountable for their social and environmental impacts. What role should investors play in urging business leaders to take environmental, social, and governance issues more seriously and enforcing compliance? Harvard Business School professor George Serafeim discusses the merits of Fink’s approach, the importance of corporate investments in ESG themes, and how to lead a company driven by purpose and profit in his case, “BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit,” and his new book Purpose and Profit: How Business Can Lift Up The World.

- 06 Sep 2022
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
Policymakers of every leaning have vowed to rein in prescription drug costs, with little success. But research by Leemore Dafny shows how closing a loophole on drugmaker donations could eliminate one driver of rising expenses.

- 01 Sep 2022
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Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?
Many of the tariffs levied by the Trump administration on Chinese goods remain in place. James Heskett weighs whether the US should prioritize renegotiating trade agreements with China, and what it would take to move on from the trade war. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

- 25 Aug 2022
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
Attracting high-quality talent is a challenge for any young firm. Shai Bernstein says startups get a reputation boost and draw more job applicants when they're backed by well-known venture capital investors.

- 21 Jul 2022
Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?
Remember the GameStop stock frenzy? Research by Robin Greenwood and colleagues shows how market speculation can flare up when you combine stimulus funds, trading platforms, and plain old boredom.

- 18 Jul 2022
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
After soaring to dizzying levels, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have lost more than half of their value in recent months. Scott Duke Kominers discusses crypto's volatility, potential for regulation, and why these digital assets are likely here to stay.

- 28 Jun 2022
Scaling a Fintech Startup for the Greater Good
Esusu launched in 2018 with a rotational savings product and continued growing their fintech startup in late 2019 with Esusu Rent, a rent reporting tool that enables renters to improve their credit scores. In March 2020, co-founders Abbey Wemimo and Samir Goel were working to determine how best to scale Esusu to advance their mission of promoting financial inclusion in the US. Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Emily Williams discusses how the two co-founders decided how to allocate resources and scale their business in the case, “Esusu: Solving Homelessness Backwards.”

- 18 May 2022
Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers
Payday lenders have been accused of exploiting poor consumers, but traditional banks exact a similar toll through overdraft fees. Research by Marco Di Maggio and Emily Williams shows how seemingly innocuous checking accounts can become vehicles for financial distress.

- 10 May 2022
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
Working for yourself might bring freedom and autonomy, but it increasingly comes with a major risk: low pay. Research by William Kerr explores the shifting sands of self-employment.

- 05 May 2022
Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can
Markups on household items started climbing years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies have realized just how much consumers will pay for the brands they love, says research by Alexander MacKay. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

- 22 Feb 2022
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
Housing prices keep soaring as demand outstrips inventory, a trend that's likely to continue even as interest rates rise. Nori Gerardo Lietz argues that it's time to reconsider policies that stymie housing development. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

- 15 Feb 2022
How to Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
In May of 2021, Kevin D. Johnson had just graduated from a rigorous Executive MBA program, and he needed to decide on his next career move. Johnson was the founder and CEO of a successful media company, but his career goals had shifted during business school. He wanted to use his talents to help other BIPOC entrepreneurs access capital and provide opportunities to create intergenerational wealth. Johnson evaluated his four options: work full-time at an online platform dedicated to connecting Black founders with funding, join a BIPOC-focused venture capital ("VC") firm, pursue a job at an established VC firm, or continue scaling his media company. Harvard Business School senior lecturer Jo Tango and Johnson discuss which option he should choose in the case, “Kevin D. Johnson: To Be a Venture Capitalist or an Operator.” Open for comment; 0 Comments.

- 25 Jan 2022
More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)
It's not about the bigger home or the better vacation. Financial stability helps people escape the everyday hassles of life, says research by Jon Jachimowicz. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

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None of us knows for certain what the future will hold, but we all have a responsibility to be thinking about what’s likely to happen, and to prepare for it. In the finance function, that means working now to get the right people and technology in place to take advantage of the inevitable disruption ahead. That’s not likely to happen without a clear vision and strategy for finance in a digital world. Now is the time to step back and make sure your roadmap to that future is clear.
With that in mind, below are eight predictions for finance in 2025, based on what finance leaders are doing and the technology available today. Once you’ve taken a glance through the predictions, consider:
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The methodology for generating our predictions is straightforward. We look carefully at what finance leaders are doing and at the technology that’s available, and then we ask these questions: What would be possible if we combined different technologies to reimagine the future? How would the work of finance get done and who would do it? How could finance contribute even more to the success of the company?
When Sumerian merchants first recorded livestock sales on clay tablets, finance technology was born. Five thousand years later, technology has evolved into a new class of digital tools reshaping every aspect of the business. No matter what future you see for your finance organization, one thing is clear: That future is now. If you’re going to compete in the digital world, your organization needs to forecast and manage more effectively and become more efficient.
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Explore other reports and guides in our Finance in a Digital World TM “ Crunch time ” series, and read case studies about digital transformation in the finance function. Whatever your interest, one thing is clear: From cloud computing and robotics to analytics, cognitive technologies, and blockchain, a new class of digital disruptors is transforming how the work of finance gets done.

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In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled paper as an input. Graphic Packaging was an integrated producer of paperboard packaging for consumer products and the market leader in CRB. What made this decision difficult was that for the past 30 years, plastic packaging had been replacing paper packaging because of cost and ease of manufacturing. Yet a growing interest in environmental sustainability among paperboard manufacturers, consumer goods companies (immediate customers), and consumers (end users) was creating the possibility of a transition from plastics back to paper-based products. If these trends actually materialized, there would be greater demand for CRB mills that could use recycled inputs and create recyclable products. Was this the right time for a capacity neutral investment (GPK planned to shut older plants when the new one came online) particularly when the sustainability trends were still unclear. By closing older, less efficient mills in favor of a newer, larger, and more efficient machine, GPK could save $100 million per year in costs. In short, this decision had a clear economic benefit as long as sustainability trends continued, competitors did not add new or more efficient capacity, and GPK actually removed existing capacity once the new machine was operational.
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Financial Research Paper Topics - The Complete List to Choose From
A search for the right financial research paper topic is constant. Indeed, we can understand this because knowing the reasonable topics in finance puts us ahead of the game. Students majoring in business are obliged to make presentations and submit essays, projects, and research papers on banking and accounting at one point in their career.
The challenges of picking the best finance topics are, however, always within. For this reason, we’ve done extensive research and have composed a great list of financial research paper topics and divided them into groups for you to choose from.
If you’re in doubt about how to choose your topic, we’ve got that covered too. Read our easy guide on which steps to take to ensure your paper topic is appropriate, along with our vital tips on what to pay attention to when choosing them.

How to choose Financial Research topics?
To choose the proper topic and get prepared for the process of research paper writing , you should first explore something that nobody has explored so far. Other than that step of selecting a unique topic, here are some other helpful tips we recommend in selecting the best and most appropriate financial research topic:
- Find a question that has no answers yet in the field of your study and give it additional research to find a suitable solution;
- Read several finance theses and papers to get a good idea for choosing your topic;
- Always find a general viewpoint for your financial research topic and use your study to narrow it down to something specific;
- Do online research and find what topics may be a burning issue to work on them. This type of research will make the research paper topic valid, compelling, suitable for your particular research, and unique;
- Talk about your topic with your friends or other people who have experience in writing papers. You can consult your professors too.
List of finance topics to write about
We offer you a list of exciting finance topics you can write about divided into groups. This way, you can choose the best topic from your target group and make sure you can cover it to a T. Have fun researching.
Interesting finance topics
Perhaps you want to write an interesting business paper. You’ll need to choose among some of the most recurring finance paper topics and write a persuasive paper. Here’s our list of the ten options we find most engaging.
- A comparative study on the set-backs and benefits of acquisition and merger
- Possible solutions to the Capital Asset Pricing Model
- Future commerce and the impact of manipulating commodity
- A comparative analysis of the Continuous-time model application
- Building stability for retail investors using the Systematic Investment Strategy
- US’ economy and income tax
- How does the American economy function with the current banking operations
- Financial statement analysis and the ratio analysis - is it a practical component?
- Senior citizen investment - a case study of this portfolio
- Multi-level marketing and its applications in different economies of the world
Research topics for finance students
Finance students have to write research papers throughout their years of study. Sometimes, it may be hard to find the most engaging financial topics to write about, which is why our list should help.
- The differences and similarities between traditional finance and behavioral one
- Consumer satisfaction in e-banking
- The best risk management methods for the manufacturing industry - a detailed analysis
- A derivative marketplace and its financial risks - identification and measuring
- Potential risks for the banking sector and how to avoid them?
- The new technologies behind banking in commercial banks
Finance research topics for MBA
The following list of research topics in finance would help you intrigue your professors and look at the discipline from a new perspective.
- Investment analysis of your chosen company
- Capital management - a detailed report
- Saving taxes - considerations and financial plans
- Life insurance investments and the involvement of investors in them
- A comparative analysis between traditional products and UIL
Public finance topics
Public finance topics are a type of finance research paper topics that covers taxation, government borrowing, and other aspects.
- Accounting and government budgeting
- The austerity related to finance and government education
- The theory and practice of government taxation
- How does the government raise money through borrowing
- The government’s revenue collection plan
- Budgeting and accounting of the government
International research topics in Finance
Since business transactions are happening worldwide, and local trade is no longer the only option, we must study international business.
- What can we do to prevent global economic crises?
- Can the banking industry lower the impact of the recurring financial crisis?
- Can a country achieve funding healthcare for homeless people?
- Which sectors of healthcare need more funding?
- The problems of high prices of medication in the US
Healthcare finance research topics
Here are some of the most relevant topics for healthcare finance:
- What’s better - paid or free healthcare?
- Healthcare finance - the origins
- Is financing healthcare a privilege or a right?
- Healthcare policies in the U.S. through history
- How can first-world countries improve healthcare?
- How much impact does the government have on its healthcare?
- Can we achieve worldwide free healthcare?

Corporate finance topics
Corporate finance deals with structuring capital, financing, and making decisions for each investment. The following list of research topics in finance covers ways to make minimal mistakes in this field.
- Possible solutions to ethical concerns in corporate finance
- Small and medium-capitalization businesses - understanding their investment patterns
- Investment for mutual funds - a detailed analysis of its different streams
- How do equity investors manage their potential risks
- What are the potential pros and cons of SWIFT, and how does it work?
Business finance topics
Each decision we make in business has some financial implications. Therefore, we must understand the fundamentals to write finance topics that require management, analysis, valuation, etc.
- Establishing business enterprises and the application of business finance
- Business modernization and the role of business finance
- Selling our life insurance - Is tax an effective incentive here?
- Who do mutual funds change within the public and private sectors?
- Different investment options for different financial classes - Is there a preference?
- The choices and preferences of investors - A detailed analysis
- The investors’ perspective on investing in private insurance companies
- Corporate entities and increasing their accountability
- Business finance and its ethical concerns
- Small to medium business tax payments
Personal finance topics
Personal finance is a susceptible area, as we all like to tend to our finances appropriately. Here are some of the most exciting burning issues in this field:
- Possible saving strategies while you’re on a budget - An evaluation
- The effect of inflation and the increase in the interest rate on personal finance
- Employees and employers working from home - what are the benefits?
- Is free health care or affordable healthcare a common right every citizen should have?
- What are the best ways to save money when you’re on a budget?
- Credit scored - a detailed analysis
- The importance of vehicle and credit loans
- How does tax impact making our financial decisions?
- What are the best ways to properly manage credit?
- Mobile banking and its difficulties
Yes, choosing among numerous financial research paper topics can sometimes be overwhelming. Still, we’ve laid out all the inspirational ideas for them in categories so that you can find your best pick fast and easily. If you feel like you can’t write that paper yourself, that’s okay too.
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Need help on how to choose an appropriate topic for a finance research paper? Professional tips from experts will assist you with that! If you should take just three essential points into account, you will increase your chances to get an A+ grade for your paper a few times! Continue reading and find out what they are!
Try to find an aspect that is very relevant to your study. It may be an ongoing issue or a topic that reflects the reasons for some processes, trends, etc. It is not the primary requirement that the topic can not cover historical aspects. It can do, but it should have a relation to the modern world. It is always a reasonable decision to choose some events that are milestones in the finance sphere. Don’t miss checking current trends and decide on this basis. So, the only demand, in this case, is the relevance of the topic.
Your finance research paper should not be fantasy. This point is not about that. It implies that your topic should be thrilling, fascinating, and always consist of understatement and even ambiguity on some scale. The person who sees the heading of your paper should feel interested in reading it but not missing it. Formulate the topic correctly. Make sure that you can convey the main message in your topic.
- Conciseness
Your topic should be clear and concise. Avoid complex word combinations and sentences. Try to make it as simple as possible. It does not imply, however, that you should not use professional terminology. It is more about construction and how you formulate your topic. The maximum number of words in the topic should not exceed 15. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule.
List of Finance Research Paper Topics
- History of the emergence of funds: Milestones
- Types of funds
- The essence and importance of financial management
- Assessment of the financial condition of the enterprise
- Fundamental concepts of financial management
- Public finance structure
- Influence of finance on the development of market relations
- The main functions of finance
- The evolution of finance in the course of the development of commodity and money relations
- Financial management in the banking sector
- Features of control of funds in different countries
- Types of financial markets
- Securities: The behavior of economic entities in the securities market
- Features of financial reporting at the enterprise
- Organization of finance in non-profit organizations
- Financial management methods
- The central bodies and institutions for managing the financial system in the world
- The relationship of funds with other economic categories
- Fundamentals of the theory of finance
- Features of the financial systems of developed countries
20 Finance Related Topics for Research Paper
- The essence and significance of the financial analysis of the activities of production and non-production facilities
- Organization of travel agency finances
- Characteristics of financial control and audit in the US and UK
- Features of the purchase and sale of securities
- Providing financial management for small businesses
- The role of finance in social reproduction
- The concept of bank loans
- Government revenues and expenditures
- Financial Needs Assessment
- Fundamental methods and criteria for the effectiveness of financial management
- Organization of finance in commercial organizations
- The behavior of firms in the context of inflation
- The impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the foreign economic activity of enterprises
- Leasing: essence and meaning
- Development of the financial plan of the organization
- Basic methods of calculating interest
- The essence and significance of monetary policy
- Organization of financial control in a market economy
- The role of funds in solving social problems
- Risk management in the financial sector
20 Corporate Finance Research Paper Topics
- Corporate bonds as a source of financing for the global economy
- Analysis of the “hurdle” rate of return of the corporation
- Investing in fixed income securities in emerging capital markets
- Venture capital and venture capital financing in the global capital market
- Pricing models for underlying assets
- The role of financial and analytical agencies in the analysis of systematic corporate risk
- Empirical studies of the CAPM model
- Corporate governance, investment risks, and company value: Research and practical experience
- Planning the capital structure of the corporation
- Using the method of real options in the development of corporate investment policy
- The use of options in the assessment of the risky corporate debt
- Analysis of the cost of capital of a corporation with a complex capital structure
- Dividend Policy Models: International studies
- Building a model for analyzing the effectiveness of mergers and acquisitions in an industrial or banking business
- The motives for the corporate mergers and acquisitions
- Bankruptcy as a way to restructure a corporation
- Financial solutions in the corporate restructuring strategies
- Financing mergers and acquisitions.
- Using the method of economic profit in project analysis
- Corporate control market on an international scale
20 Great Finance Research Paper Ideas
- Financial management and its fundamental indicators
- Financial literacy and how it affects the global economy
- Mainstream economic indices and why businesses should take them into account
- Cashback and its structure: Another financial pyramid or effective finance instrument?
- E-money and how it can influence the world finance market?
- Time value of money: Why you should know it
- Net assets: calculation, increase, comparison with the authorized capital, negative net assets
- Financial pyramids in the history of the formation of the global financial market
- The global financial crisis and spread of their consequences in the era of globalization
- Securities market and its development in the third decade of the 21st century
- Financial shocks: What are they and how to prevent their emergence?
- Stock exchange: Global indexes and how to analyze them?
- Global financial centers and their role for the international capital markets
- Financial engineering: Derivatives
- Financial corporate policies in the era of digitalization
- Public issuance of securities in 2022: Mainstream trends
- Finance market capitalization: Approaches to calculating it
- Stakeholders’ approach to the market value of a company
- Fintech as a factor of innovative development of the financial market
- Crisis management in global financial businesses
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Articles from 2017 2017
Homeownership and Nontraditional and Subprime Mortgages , Arthur Acolin, Xudong An, Raphael W. Bostic, and Susan Wachter
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Equity Premium , Efstathios Avdis and Jessica Wachter
Should Governments Invest More in Nudging? , Shlomo Benartzi, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, Will Tucker-Ray, William J. Congdon, and Steven Galing
Matching Capital and Labor , Jonathan B. Berk, Jules H. van Binsbergen, and Binying Liu
The Role of Surge Pricing on a Service Platform with Self-Scheduling Capacity , Gerard. P. Cachon, Kaitlin M. Daniels, and Ruben Lobel
Corporate Control Activism , Adrian Aycan Corum and Doron Levit
Differences of Opinion and International Equity Markets , Bernard Dumas, Karen K. Lewis, and Emilio Osambela
Are Stock-Financed Takeovers Opportunistic? , B. Espen Eckbo, Tanakorn Makaew, and Karin S. Thorburn
The Innovation Premium , Amora Elsaify
Omnichannel Retail Operations with Buy-Online-and-Pick-up-in-Store , Fei Gao and Xuanming Su
Online and Offline Information for Omnichannel Retailing , Fei Gao and Xuanming Su
Asset Pricing Implications of Hiring Demographics , Mete Kilic
Is Operating Flexibility Harmful Under Debt? , Dan A. Lancu, Nikolaos Trichakis, and Gerry Tsoukalas
Advising Shareholders in Takeovers , Doron Levit
Soft Shareholder Activism , Doron Levit
When Words Speak Louder Without Actions , Doron Levit
Do Funds Make More When They Trade More? , Ľuboš Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh, and Lucian A. Taylor
The Consequences of REIT Index Membership for Return Patterns , Tatiana I. Pavlova-Coleman, Eva Steiner, and Susan Wachter
Volatility and Venture Capital , Ryan Heath Peters
Intangible capital and the investment-q relation , Ryan Heath Peters and Lucian A. Taylor
Mind the Gap: Disentangling Credit and Liquidity in Risk Spreads , Krista Schwarz
Power Posing: P-Curving the Evidence , Joseph P. Simmons and Uri Simonsohn
Mispricing Factors , Robert F. Stambaugh and Yu Yuan
Pricing Theater Seats: The Value of Price Commitment and Monotone Discounting , Necati Tereyagoglu, Peter S. Fader, and Senthil K. Veeraraghavan
Trash-Talking: Competitive Incivility Motivates Rivalry, Performance, and Unethical Behavior , Jeremy A. Yip, Maurice E. Schweitzer, and Samir Nurmohamed
Articles from 2016 2016
Agency Selling or Reselling? Channel Structures in Electronic Retailing , Vibhanshu Abhishek, Kinshuk Jerath, and Z. JOHN ZHANG
Borrowing Constraints and Homeownership , Arthur Acolin, Jesse Bricker, Paul Calem, and Susan Wachter
A Renter or Homeowner Nation? , Arthur Acolin, Laurie S. Goodman, and Susan M. Wachter
Non-exclusive Dynamic Contracts, Competition, and the Limits of Insurance , Laurence Ales and Pricila Maziero
Identification Using Russell 1000/2000 Index Assignments: A Discussion of Methodologies , Ian R. Appel, Todd A. Gormley, and Donald B. Keim
Passive Investors, Not Passive Owners , Ian R. Appel, Todd A. Gormley, and Donald B. Keim
Quickest Online Selection of an Increasing Subsequence of Specified Size , Alessandro Arlotto, Elchanan Mossel, and J. Michael Steele
Partial Adjustment to Public Information in the Pricing of IPOs , Einar Bakke, Tore E. Leite, and Karin S. Thorburn
Socially Responsible Investing: Good Is Good, Bad is Bad , Ravi Bansal, Di Wu, and Amir Yaron
Journal of Financial Economics , Jonathan B. Berk and Jules H. van Binsbergen
Beyond Beta-Delta: The Emerging Economics of Personal Plans , John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, and Joshua Schwartzstein
The Impact of Demand Uncertainty on Consumer Subsidies for Green Technology Adoption , Maxime C. Cohen, Ruben Lobel, and Georgia Perakis
Blind Queues: The Impact of Consumer Beliefs on Revenues and Congestion , Shiliang Cui and Senthil K. Veeraraghavan
How Costly is Corporate Bankruptcy for the CEO? , B. Espen Eckbo and Karin S. Thorburn
Why Do Firms Issue Callable Bonds? , Amora Elsaify and Nikolai Roussanov
Risk Premia and Volatilities in a Nonlinear Term Structure Model , Peter Feldhütter, Christian Heyersahl-Larsen, and Philipp Karl Illeditsch
Firm Size and Corporate Investment , Vito Gala and Brandon Julio
Compensating Financial Experts , Vincent Glode and Richard Lowery
Asymmetric Information and Intermediation Chains , Vincent Glode and Christian C. Opp
Equilibrium Asset Pricing with Leverage and Default , Joao F. Gomes
Sticky Leverage , Joao F. Gomes, Urban J. Jermann, and Lukas Schmid
Service Competition and Product Quality in the U.S. Automobile Industry , Jose Guajardo, Morris A. Cohen, and Serguei Netessine
Residual Inflation Risk , Philipp Karl Illeditsch
Good and Bad Variance Premia and Expected Returns , Mete Kilic and Ivan Shaliastovich
The Labor Market for Directors and Externalities in Corporate Governance , Doron Levit and Nadya Malenko
Notes on Bonds: Illiquidity Feedback During the Financial Crisis , David K. Musto, Greg Nini, and Krista Schwarz
The Role of Network Embeddedness in Film Success , Grant Packard, Anocha Aribarg, Jehoshua Eliashberg, and Natasha Z. Foutz
Transparency in the Mortgage Market , Andrey Pavlov, Susan Wachter, and Albert Zevelev
Buses, Bullies, and Bijections , Vladimir Pozdnyakov and J. Michael Steele
Tax Psychology and the Timing of Charitable-Giving Deadlines , Alex Rees-jones and Dimitry Taubinsky
The Psychological Lives of the Poor , Frank Schilbach, Heather Schofield, and Sendhil Mullainathan
Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model , William Schmidt, Vishal Gaur, Richard Lai, and Ananth Raman
Large-Scale Loan Portfolio Selection , Justin A. Srignano, Gerry Tsoukalas, and Kay Giesecke
Motivating Process Compliance Through Individual Electronic Monitoring: An Empirical Examination of Hand Hygiene in Healthcare , Bradley Staats, Hengchen Dai, David Hofmann, and Katherine L. Milkman
Optimal Issuance under Information Asymmetry and Accumulation of Cash Flows , Ilya A. Strebulaev, Haoxiang Zhu, and Pavel Zryumov
Rare booms and disasters in a multisector endowment economy , Jerry Tsai and Jessica Wachter
Good-Specific Habit Formation and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns , Jules van Binsbergen
Mad and Misleading: Incidental Anger Promotes Deception , Jeremy A. Yip and Maurice E. Schweitzer
The Time–Money Trade-Off for Entrepreneurs: When to Hire the First Employee? , Onesun Steve Yoo, Guillaume Roels, and Charles J. Corbett
Articles from 2015 2015
Aggregation Bias in Sponsored Search Data: The Curse and the Cure , Vibhanshu Abhishek, Kartik Hosanagar, and Peter S. Fader
Do Organic Results Help or Hurt Sponsored Search Performance , Alekh Agarwal, kartik Hosanagar, and Michael D. Smith
Do Consumers Choose the Right Credit Contracts? , Sumit Agarwal, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Chunlin Liu, and Nicholas S. Souleles
Optimal Online Selection of a Monotone Subsequence: A Central Limit Theorem , Alessandro Arlotto, Vinh V. Nguyen, and J. Michael Steele
What Drives Households to Buy Flood Insurance? Evidence from Georgia , Ajita Atreya, Susana Ferreira, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Why Does the Cognitive Reflection Test (Sometimes) Predict Utilitarian Moral Judgment (and Other Things)? , Jonathan Baron, Sydney Scott, Katrina Marie Fincher, and S. Emlen Metz
Waiting Patiently: An Empirical Study of Queue Abandonment in an Emergency Department , Robert Johnson Batt and Christian Terwiesch
Measuring Skill in the Mutual Fund Industry , Jonathan B. Berk and Jules H. van Binsbergen
The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions , John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman
The Impact of Time at Work and Time off from Work on Rule Compliance: The Case of Hand Hygiene in Healthcare , Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman, David Hofmann, and Bradley Staats
Algorithm Aversion: People Erroneously Avoid Algorithms after Seeing Them Err , Berkeley J Dietvorst, Joseph P. Simmons, and Cade Massey
Measuring Marginal q , Vito D. Gala
The Role of Discount Vouchers in Market with Customer Valuation Uncertainty , Fei Gao and Jian Chen
Ending “Too Big To Fail”: Government Promises Versus Investor Perceptions , Todd A. Gormley, Simon Johnson, and Changyong Rhee
A Structural Model of Employee Behavioral Dynamics in Enterprise Social Media , Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, and Anindya Ghose
Euclidean Networks with a Backbone and a Limit Theorem for Minimum Spanning Caterpillars , Petar Jevtić and J. Michael Steele
The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments , Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford
Demand for fixed-price multi-year contracts: Experimental evidence from insurance decisions , Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
Do I Follow My Friends or the Crowd? Information Cascades in Online Movie Ratings , Young-Jin Lee, Kartik Hosanagar, and Young Tan
Prosocial Lies: When Deception Breeds Trust , Emma E. Levine and Maurice E. Schweitzer
The Affective and Interpersonal Consequences of Obesity , Emma E. Levine and Maurice E. Schweitzer
Evaluating International Consumption Risk Sharing Gains: An Asset Return View, , Karen K. Lewis and Edith X Liu
The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis: Drivers of Prediction Accuracy in World Politics , Barbara Mellers, Eric Stone, Pavel Atanasov, Nick Rohrbaugh, S. Emlen Metz, Lyle Ungar, Michael M. Bishop, Michael C. Horowitz, Ed Merkle, and Philip E. Tetlock
A Positive Theory of Economic Growth and the Distribution of Income , Allan H. Meltzer and Scott F. Richard
Could Flood Insurance be Privatised in the United States? A Primer , Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Jeffrey Czajkowski, and Howard Kunreuther
Corporate Demand for Insurance: New Evidence From the U.S. Terrorism and Property Markets , Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Paul Raschky, and Howard Kunreuther
What Happens Before? A Field Experiment Exploring How Pay and Representation Differentially Shape Bias on the Pathway into Organizations , Katherine L. Milkman, Modupe Akinola, and Dolly Chugh
Pricing and Production Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis of the US Automotive Industry , Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
Intertemporal Information Acquisition and Investment Dynamics , Christian C. Opp
Scale and Skill in Active Management , Ľuboš Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh, and Lucian A. Taylor
REIT Financing Choices: Preparation Matters , Andrey Pavlov, Eva Steiner, and Susan M. Wachter
Good and Bad Uncertainty: Macroeconomic and Financial Market Implications , Gill Segal, Ivan Shaliastovich, and Amir Yaron
Better P-curves: Making P-Curve Analysis More Robust to Errors, Fraud, and Ambitious P-Hacking, a Reply to Ulrich and Miller , Uri Simonsohn, Joseph P. Simmons, and Leif D. Nelson
Arbitrage Asymmetry and the Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle , Robert F. Stambaugh, Jianfeng Yu, and Yu Yuan
Explaining a Mysterious Maximal Inequality -- and a Path to the Law of Large Numbers , J. Michael Steele
Disaster Risk and Its Implications for Asset Pricing , Jerry Tsai and Jessica A. Wachter
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Top 140 Finance Research Paper Topics

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Research Topics In Finance
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- Merger and Acquisition: An Analytical Study of the Benefits and Set-backs.
- Capital Asset Pricing Model: Possible Solutions to its Inadequacies.
- Global Financial Crisis: A Critical Study of the Role of Auditors and Stakeholders.
- The Impact of Manipulating the Commodity Market on Future Commerce.
- Continuous-time Models: An exhaustive Comparative Analysis of its Application in Divers financial Environments.
- How Speculations Undermine the Stability of Banking in Asian Markets.
- Branding: Its Effect on Consumer Behavior.
- An effective strategy for managing inventory and controlling your budget.
- An analytical report on the various investments in tax-saving products.
- Using a systematic investment strategy to build stability for retail investments.
- How income tax is planned and implemented in India’s economy.
- A detailed analysis of how the Indian banking system operates.
- How does multi-level marketing work in different economies around the world?
- A detailed report on electronic payment and how it can be improved.
- A case study regarding senior citizen investment portfolios.
- Are there potential risks and rewards when comparing savings to investments?
- Is ratio analysis an effective component of financial statement analysis?
- How the Indian economy functions with its current banking operations.
Finance Research Topics For MBA
Here are some great finance research topics you can use toward your MBA. It’s sure to intrigue your professor and get you to look at finance from a different perspective.
- Investment analysis of a company of your choice.
- A detailed report on working capital management.
- Financial plans and considerations for saving taxes and salaried employees.
- A detailed analysis of the cost and costing models of the company of your choice.
- The awareness of investments in financial assets and equity trading preference with financial intermediaries.
- The perspective of investors and their involvement with life insurance investments.
- A detailed analysis of the perception of mutual fund investors.
- The comparative study between UIL and the traditional products.
- A detailed report on how the ABC company manages cash.
Corporate Risk Management Topics
These are some key topics you can use relating to corporate risk management.
- A detailed report on the fundamentals of corporate risk management.
- The analytical concepts relating to effective corporate and financial management within a company.
- How does corporate risk management affect the financial market and its products?
- What are risk models and how are they evaluated?
- How is market risk effectively measured and managed in today’s economy?
- How can a company be vigilant of potential credit risks they can face?
- What are the differences between operational and integrated risks in the corporate world?
- Is liquidity an effective strategy to lower financial risk to a company?
- How risk management can connect with and benefit investment management.
- The current issues that are affecting the modern marketplace and the financial risks they bring.
Healthcare Finance Research Topics
These are some key topics you can use relating to healthcare finance research.
- Is it better for the government to pay for an individual’s healthcare?
- The origins of healthcare finance.
- An analysis of Canada and their healthcare finance system.
- Is healthcare financing a right or a privilege?
- The changing policies of healthcare in the U.S.
- Can healthcare be improved in first-world countries?
- Can the healthcare system be improved or remade?
- How much influence does the government have on healthcare in a country?
- The impact of growing global health spending.
- Is free healthcare achievable worldwide?
Corporate Finance Topics
Corporate finance deals with processes such as financing, structuring of capital, and making investment decisions. It seeks to maximize shareholder value by implementing diverse strategies in long and short-term financial planning.
Corporate finance research topics broadly cover areas like tools for risk management, trend research in advanced finance, physical and electronic techniques in securities markets, research trends in advance finance, investment analysis, and management of government debt. The following corporate finance topics will surely minimize any risk of mistakes!
- Using the Bootstrapped Interest Rates to Price Corporate Debt Capital Market Instruments.
- Corporate Organizations: The Impact of Audit Independence on Accountability and Transparency.
- Buybacks: A Critical Analysis of how Firms can Buy Back at Optimal Prices.
- Merge and Acquisitions: Reasons why Firms still Overpay for bad Acquisitions.
- Corporate Finance: Ethical Concerns and Possible Solutions.
- Understanding the investment patterns relative to smaller and medium-capitalization businesses.
- A detailed analysis of the different streams of investment relating to mutual funds.
- Equity investors and how they manage their portfolios and perception of potential risks.
- How does investor preference operate in the commodity market in Karvy Stock Broking Limited?
- An analysis of the performance of mutual funds in the public and private sectors.
- Understanding how Videcon manages its working capital.
- The Visa Port trust and how it conducts ratio analysis.
- How the gold monetization scheme has affected the Indian economy and banking operations.
- How does SWIFT work and what are the potential risks and rewards?
- A detailed analysis of the FMC and SEBI merger.
Business Finance Topics
Every decision made in a business has financial implications. It is, therefore, essential that business people have a fundamental understanding of finance. To show your knowledge, you must be able to write articles on finance topics in areas such as financial analysis, valuation, management, etc. Here are some juicy business finance topics!
- Application of Business Finance: Its importance to the Business Sector.
- The Importance of Business Finance in the Establishment of Business Enterprises.
- Modernization of Business: Roles of Business Finance in Business Modernization.
- A detailed study on providing financial aid to self-help groups and projects.
- Is tax an effective incentive for selling life insurance to the public?
- Understanding how the performance of mutual funds can change within the private and public sectors.
- Is there a preference for different investment options from financial classes?
- A detailed analysis of retail investors and their preferences and choices.
- A study on investors and their perspective on investing in private insurance companies.
- How analyzing financial statements can assess a business’s performance.
- Increasing the accountability of corporate entities.
- Ethical concerns connected to business finance and how they can be managed.
- The level of tax paid by small to medium businesses.
International Finance Topics
As the world is now a global village, business transactions occur all around the world. No more are we limited to local trade, and this is why the study of international is essential and relevant. Here are some international finance topics that will suit your research purpose!
- Stock Exchange: How Important are the Functions of a Bank Office?
- Global Economic Crises: Possible Precautions to prevent Global Financial crisis.
- Bond Rating: the Effect of Changes on the Price of Stocks.
- How the Banking Industry can Decrease the Impact of Financial Crisis.
- Is it possible for a country to budget funds for healthcare for the homeless?
- The negative impact of private healthcare payments on impoverished communities.
- What sectors in healthcare require more funding at the moment?
- The dilemma of unequal access to adequate healthcare in third world countries.
- Can cancer treatment be more inexpensive to the public?
- The problem with the high pricing of medication in the U.S.
- Is there a better way to establish healthcare financing in the U.S?
- What are the benefits of healthcare finance systems in Canada and the UK?
- How can third-world countries improve their healthcare systems without hurting their economy?
- Is financing research a priority in healthcare and medicine?
- Does free healthcare hurt the tax system of a country?
- Why is free and privatized healthcare present in different economies?
- How does government funding affect healthcare finance systems?
- How do patient management systems work?
- Where does affordable healthcare financing fit in growing economies?
- The economic impact of COVID-19 in various countries.
- The healthcare policies of the Serbian government.
Finance Research Paper Ideas
Writing a research paper requires an independent investigation of a chosen subject and the analysis of the remarkable outcomes of that research. A finance researcher will, therefore, need to have enough finance research paper topics from which to choose at his fingertip. Carefully selecting a finance thesis topic out of the many finance research papers topics will require some skill. Here are some exciting finance paper topics!
- Behavioral Finance versus Traditional Finance: Differences and Similarities.
- Budgetary Controls: The Impact of this Control on Organizational performance.
- Electronic Banking: The Effect of e-Banking on Consumer Satisfaction.
- Credit and Bad Debts: Novel Techniques of management in commercial Banks.
- Loan Default: A Critical Assessment of the Impact of Loan Defaults on the Profitability of Banks.
- A detailed analysis of the best risk management methods used in the manufacturing industry.
- Identifying and measuring financial risks in a derivative marketplace.
- Exploring the potential risks that can occur in the banking sector and how they can be avoided.
- The risks that online transactions bring.
- What are the methods used to ensure quantitive risk management is achieved?
- A better understanding of policy evaluation and asset management.
- What makes traditional finance so different from behavioral?
- The significance of budgetary control in a corporate organization.
- How do loans benefit the profitability of banks?
- How do commercial banks assist their clients that are in bad debt?
- The various considerations we need to be aware of before making investment decisions.
Personal Finance Topics
Personal finance covers the aspects of managing your money, including saving and investing. It comprises aspects such as investments, retirement planning, budgeting, estate planning, mortgages, banking, tax, and insurance. Researching in this area will surely be of direct impact on the quality of living. Here are some great personal finance topics that are eager to have you work on them!
- Evaluation of Possible Methods of Saving while on a Budget.
- The Effect of Increase in Interest Rate and Inflation on Personal Finance.
- Benefits of Working from Home to both Employers and Employees.
- Will dental services be considered an essential medical service soon?
- Is affordable or free healthcare a right that everyone should be entitled to?
- The best ways to save money while on a tight budget.
- What happens to personal finance when inflation and interest rates rise?
- The financial benefits of working from home.
- Does innovations in personal finance act as an incentive for households to take risks?
- A detailed analysis of credit scores.
- The importance of credit and vehicle loans.
- A detailed analysis of employee benefits and what should be considered.
- The effect of tax on making certain financial decisions.
- The best ways to manage your credit.
- The difficulties that come with mobile banking.
Finance Topics For Presentation
Sometimes, you may need to present a topic in a seminar. The idea is that you can whet the appetite of your audience with the highlights of your subject matter. Choosing these finance seminar topics requires a slightly different approach in that you must be thoroughly familiar with that topic before giving the presentation. Interesting and easy-to-grasp finance topics are, therefore, necessary for presentations. Here are some topic examples that fit perfectly into this category.
- Analysis of the Year-over-Year Trend.
- Maximizing Pension Using Life Insurance.
- The Architecture of the Global Financial System.
- Non-communicable diseases and the burden they have on economies.
- Is there a connection between a country’s population and its healthcare budget?
- The spending capability of medical innovations in a third-world economy.
- The long-term effects of healthcare finance systems in the U.S.
- A detailed analysis of pharmaceutical marketing in eastern Europe.
- Understanding the reduction in medical expenses in Greece.
- Private payment for healthcare in Bulgaria.
- A complete change in healthcare policy worldwide. Is it necessary?
- The significance of electronic banking on the public.
- The evolution of banking and its operations.
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