Is a Ph.D. important for succeeding in finance?

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/11/is-a-ph-d-important-for-succeeding-in-finance.html There is a new paper by Ranadeb Chaudhuri, Zoran Ivkovich, Joshua Matthew Pollet, and Charles Trzcinka, the abstact is this: Several hundred individuals who hold a Ph.D. in economics, finance, or others fields work for institutional money management companies. The gross performance of domestic equity investment products managed by individuals with a Ph.D. (Ph.D. products) […]

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