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RONI KISIN

Center for Financial Research

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

550 17th St. NW

Washington, DC 20429

 Phone: 202-898-3759 (office); 773-808-1691 (cell)

 E-Mail: roni.kisin@gmail.com; rkisin@fdic.gov

 Website: sites.google.com/site/ronikisinresearch/

EDUCATION

2005-2010 Ph.D. in Finance, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business 

2009-2010 MBA, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business 

1999-2002 BA in Economics and Business Administration, Hebrew University in Jerusalem 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-present Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Center for Financial Research

Senior Financial Economist

2017-2019 Analysis Group Inc., Boston, MA, 

 Associate

2016-2017 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Lecturer

2010-2016 Washington University, Olin Business School, St. Louis, MO

 Assistant Professor of Finance

2002-2004 The Israel Antitrust Authority, Jerusalem, Israel 

 Economist

RESEARCH AREAS

Financial Intermediation, Financial Regulation, Investment Management, Interactions between Finance 

and Labor Economics, Industrial Organization of Financial Markets

RESEARCH PAPERS

 The Shadow Cost of Bank Capital Requirements (with Asaf Manela), 2016, The Review of Financial 

Studies. Best paper award, Financial Research Association (FRA) Conference

 Labor Mobility and Productivity: Evidence from Finance (with Bart Hamilton)

 Funding and Incentives of Regulators: Evidence from Banking (with Asaf Manela), Revise and 

Resubmit, Management Science

 Mutual Fund Ownership and Corporate Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

 Measuring the Effects of Regulatory Restrictions in the Mutual Fund Sector

 Competition, Reallocation and Productivity in the Investment Management Industry

 Labor Markets in Finance: Investor Demand, Rent Sharing, and the Allocation of Talent

 Labor Market Conditions and Risk-Taking: Evidence from the Career Paths of Investment Managers

 Mutual Fund Sales and Stock Prices: Measuring the Effect of Private Information 

 Human Capital and Financial Distress: Evidence from the LEHD Matched Employer-Employee Data 
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 

Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA, Undergraduate). Latest evaluation: 4/4 

 Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School

Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA). Latest evaluation: 10/10 

Advanced Financial Management (Undergraduate). Latest evaluation: 9/10 

OTHER TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 University of Chicago, Booth School of Business: 

Teaching and Research Assistant 2005-2010

 Hebrew University of Jerusalem: 

Academic Advisor, Department of Economics 2004-2005

Teaching Assistant 2001-2005

HONORS AND AWARDS

 Financial Research Association (FRA) Conference – Best Paper Award 2013

 Katherine Dusak Miller Ph.D. Fellowship 2009-2010

 AFA Travel Grant 2009

 CRSP Summer Paper Award 2006

 The University of Chicago Booth Student Fellowship 2005-2010

 Prize for Excellence in Studies, Department of Economics, Hebrew University 2003, 2004

 Maurice Falk Award for Outstanding Student Paper 2003

 Dean’s List, Hebrew University 2001, 2002

 Dean’s Prize for the Excellence in Studies, Hebrew University 2001

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2008, 2009: Chicago Booth; 2010: Boston College; Boston Fed; Federal Reserve Board; Indiana 

University; London Business School; Washington University in St. Louis; 2015: FDIC; 2016: Federal 

Reserve Board of Governors; Wharton; Drexel; Philadelphia Fed; 2017: Wharton; SEC; Boston Fed; 

Cornerstone Research; 2019: Chicago Fed; Boston Fed; FDIC; 

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

2010: The 3d Annual Paul Woolley Centre Conference (invited presentation); 2011: Rothschild Caesarea 

Center 8th Annual Academic Conference; Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Conference; 

2013: Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Crises*; FDIC/JFSR Bank Research Conference; 

Financial Research Association (FRA) Conference (best paper award)*; 2014: FIRS Conference*, Summer 

Finance Conference at IDC; 2015 – AFA Conference, Notre Dame Conference on Financial Regulation; 

2016: AFA Conference; 2017: Jackson Hole Conference. (* presented by coauthor)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Discussant: AFA (2011), FIRS (2011, 2012), IDC Caesarea Conference (2012), ACP Academic Conference 

(2013), MFA Conference (2016)

Referee: Journal of Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Review of Financial Studies, JFQA, Review of 

Finance, Management Science