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Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance

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Antoinette Schoar

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Antoinette Schoar is the Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management.


She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Germany.


Her research interests span from entrepreneurial finance to household finance, fintech, cryptocurrencies, and financial intermediation. She received several awards including the Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship and the Brattle Prize for best paper in the Journal of Finance. She is the co-chair of the NBER Corporate Finance group and the Executive Editor of the Journal of Finance. She also is the cofounder of ideas42 a non-profit organization that uses insights from behavioral economics and psychology to solve social problems.

Courses

Digital Business

Blockchain and Crypto Applications: From Decentralized Finance to Web 3

Digital Business & IT

Entrepreneurship

Strategy & Innovation

EARN 2.0 EEUs
Blockchain and Crypto Applications: From Decentralized Finance to Web 3
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Mar 4–May 5, 2026

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

8 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

STARTING

Mar 4–May 5, 2026

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

8 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

Jun 24–Aug 25, 2026

Online

8 weeks

6–8 hours/week

$3,850

STARTING

Jun 24–Aug 25, 2026

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

8 weeks

COMMITMENT

6–8 hours/week

TUITION

$3,850

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