Nickolay Gantchev is a Professor of Commerce and the Connaughton Professor of Alternative Investments at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a Research Member at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). He holds a PhD in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA/MS in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. Prior to