Research Team

Yosef Bonaparte

Yosef Bonaparte

Yosef Bonaparte, PhD, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008 with his dissertation "Essays in Dynamic Household Finance with Heterogeneous Agents." His main research interest is in Political finance and asset pricing. In particular, he examines how political climate and political affiliation influence portfolio choice and the stock market in general. One of his asset pricing papers is forthcoming at top Economics and Finance Journal, Journal of Monetary Economics, and one behavioral finance article is forthcoming at Journal of Financial Economics. His work also was cited in the top media outlets in the world like the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, ABC, CNBC, MarketWatch, and at a top Israeli cable program.

 

Sierra Nelson 

Sierra Nelson

Sierra Nelson is currently a senior at University of Colorado Denver and also the President of PMG, encouraging students with their goal setting. Sierra moved to Denver, Colorado from North Dakota to pursue Accounting and Finance. She's driven to learn more about the finance world, being a research associate for her professor and mentor, Yosef Bonaparte. 

 

Meghan Nemechek

Meghan Nemechek

Meghan is a graduate student in the One Year MBA program at CU Denver. Through her work as a teaching and research assistant, she has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in the finance realm. Meghan enjoys behavioral finance research and tracking market patterns. Her current research project studies the effects of natural disasters on the stock prices of home improvement and supply stores such as the Home Depot or Lowes.