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Steve Swidler is the Hanson/KPMG Professor of Business and Finance in the Department of Economics at Lafayette. Prior to joining the faculty at Lafayette, Professor Swidler taught at Auburn University, the University of Texas at Arlington, Southern Methodist University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Rice University. He has also had summer appointments at Victoria University in New Zealand and the Oslo School of Business and was a Fulbright Senior Specialist at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea. His areas of teaching and research interests include corporate finance, investments, derivatives and residential real estate.

In addition to academic positions, Swidler previously worked at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and at Lexecon, an economic consulting firm. Swidler earned his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College, where he competed in football, baseball and fencing. He completed his ALM degree in Sustainability from Harvard and Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University.