Andrew MacKinlay

Dr. MacKinlay’s research examines how banks’ lending decisions influence corporate investment, hiring, and growth, as well as whether such lending ultimately benefits or harms the broader economy. His work has appeared in leading journals, including the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, and Management Science.

He has received numerous honors, among them the Marshall Blume Prize in Financial Research from the Wharton School, the Financial Research Association’s Michael J. Barclay Award, the Douglas D. Evanoff Best Paper Award at the Chicago Financial Institutions Conference, and the Best Paper Award at the IFABS Oxford Conference. In addition, he has earned teaching awards at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Before joining LSU, Dr. MacKinlay served on the faculties of Virginia Tech and Southern Methodist University. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.