John Shim

Assistant Professor
Finance
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262 Mendoza College of Business
- Biography
- Background
- Publications
- Awards
John Shim is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on passive investing, index mutual funds and ETFs, market microstructure, empirical asset pricing, and financial market design. His work on high-frequency trading and passive investing has been featured in Bloomberg, the Financial Times, the Economist, and has been discussed by the SEC Chair and the New York Attorney General. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his MBA and PhD from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Education
Ph D, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
BS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Expertise
Empirical Asset Pricing
Financial Market Design
Market Microstructure
"A Theory of Stock Exchange Competition and Innovation: Will the Market Fix the Market?", (With Eric Budish, Robin Lee), Journal of Political Economy, 132, 2024
"The High-Frequency Trading Arms Race: Frequent Batch Auctions as a Market Design Response", (With Eric Budish, Peter Cramton), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130, 2015
"Implementation Details for Frequent Batch Auctions: Slowing Down Markets to the Blink of an Eye", (With Eric Budish, Peter Cramton), American Economic Review, 104, 2014
Award
"James Dincolo Outstanding Undergraduate Professor Award", Mendoza College of Business, 2022