#16 Interview with Cesare Fracassi — Associate Professor of Finance & Director of the Blockchain Initiative at University of Texas at Austin

In this episode, Cesare Fracassi joins the Cryptocurrencyteens podcast to talk about his role as the Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Blockchain Initiative at University of Texas at Austin, his university, research he conducts, and the dangers of confirmation bias.

Cesare is an associate professor of finance and the director of the blockchain initiative at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He also leads the Fintech Research Lab, a laboratory where UT students explore cutting edge technologies in finance. His primary research interest is in corporate finance. His research includes work on fintech, corporate governance, credit rating agencies, small business financing, and the effects of social networks and culture on financial policies. He teaches fintech, corporate finance and valuation to undergrad and graduate students, and empirical corporate finance to PhD students. Cesare holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano (Italy), and an MBA and PhD in Finance from UCLA Anderson.

Learn more: 

Cesare Fracassi (guest): https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesare-fracassi-545ab

Abigail Li (host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/cryptocurrencyteens 

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Transcribed version of the episode: https://share.descript.com/view/zRzwNw12QvG