B.S. in Economics
Brigham Young University
Minors in Mathematics and Chinese. Coursework includes graduate econometrics, graduate asset pricing, graduate macroeconomic theory, real analysis, and machine learning econometrics.
About
Porter Olson
Predoc · NYU Stern Finance
New York University · Stern School of Business
New York, NY
I’m a predoc in the Finance department at NYU Stern. I’m preparing to apply to PhD programs in economics and finance, with interests in econometrics, causal inference, asset pricing, and corporate finance.
My background is in economics at Brigham Young University, with minors in mathematics and Chinese. My research experience spans empirical economics, quantitative investment research, and machine learning.
At BYU, I worked on projects involving foreign language acquisition, international exposure, and historical administrative data. With the BYU Silver Fund, I replicated asset pricing research and explored language models applied to corporate filings.
Research interests
Econometrics & causal inferenceAsset pricingCorporate financeLabor & education economicsMachine learning in economics