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Academic Position

USI Lugano and Swiss Finance Institute (2024 - )

  • Assistant Professor of Finance

Education

Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (2019 - 2024)

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM)

Visiting Ph.D. Researcher,  London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Jan 2023 - June 2023)

  • Hosting Professor: Igor Makarov


Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.

  • Master of Science in Applied Economics


Sogang University, Korea

  • Bachelor's in Business Administration

Professional Experience

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE

  • Junior Researcher (Dec 2021 - Aug 2024)
     

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

  • Research Analyst (2016-2019)

Awards and Grants

WFA Brattle Group Ph.D. Award for Outstanding Research 2024

JFI/FIRS Ph.D. Student Paper Award 2023
Best Ph.D. Paper Award, Future of Financial Information 2023 at HEC (sponsored by BlackRock)
Best Paper in Digital Finance, the DGF German Finance Association 2023
Finalist, the ECB Young Economist Prize 2023

Conference & Seminar Presentations and Discussions*

2025
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad; Future of Financial Information Conference, INSEAD* ; Digital Money and Taxation Conference, Goethe University Frankfurt*

2024

University of Naples Federico II・EFA・NBER SI ・WFA・OFR Rising Scholars Conference 

2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Conference on Consumer Credit and Payments・DGF German Finance Association Annual ConferenceBank of Canada Payments and Securities Settlement WorkshopSAFE Household Finance WorkshopECB ForumFIRS Ph.D. SessionSFS Cavalcade North AmericaFuture of Financial Information ConferenceSwiss Winter Conference on Financial IntermediationAnnual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research (SGF Conference)*Bank of England Annual Research Conference

2022
NBER on Innovative Data in Household FinanceEFA*Fintech Conference Nova SBE*SAFE Household Finance Workshop*

Academic Scholarships

Doctoral Scholarship DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Service)  (2019-2023)
Academic Scholarship, Sogang University (2009-2010)

Email

rachel (dot) nam [at] outlook (dot) com

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