Taisiya Sikorskaya

Biography

Taisiya Sikorskaya is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She studies asset pricing and asset management. Her research explores the impact of institutional investors on asset prices, retail trading in options, and limits to arbitrage.  

Sikorskaya’s work has been published in the Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies. Her research received a number of honors and awards, such as the AQR Top Finance Graduate Award. Additionally, she has been cited in international media, including Bloomberg and The Economist.

Sikorskaya earned a PhD and MRes in finance at London Business School, UK. She also holds a MA in quantitative economics and finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and a Diplom (MSc equivalent) in mathematical methods in economics and operations research from Chelyabinsk State University, Russia.

Outside of academia, Sikorskaya has work experience in asset management at Deutsche Asset Management, Deutsche Bank Switzerland and UK.

Academic Areas

• Finance