2017 - 18 Year in Review

21 APRIL 2–13, 2018 VIKRANT VIG Professor of Finance, London Business School number of citations, and achieved higher patent value. Their findings suggest that the external pressure imposed by shareholder litigation discourages managers from engaging in explorative innovative activities. Vikrant Vig is a professor of finance at London Business School. He studies financial regulation, the housing market, and corruption. His research on the importance of flawed incentives in the subprime mortgage market is among the most cited work on the financial crisis. During his visit to Chicago Booth, Professor Vig presented research on banking regulation in Germany that shows that banks are able to take advantage of more complex regulation to lower their cost of capital, but the regulation does not appear to lower default rates on loans. He also met with a number of faculty members across Booth.