College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor of Finance

PhD, Finance, Columbia University, 2011
M.Phil., Philosophy in Finance, Columbia University, 2009
M.A., Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2005
B.A., Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2000

Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011-2012

Agarwal, V., Fos, V., Jiang, W. Forthcoming. Inferring Reporting-Related Biases in Hedge Fund Databases from Hedge Fund Equity Holdings. Management Science

Kuznitz, A., Kandel, S., Fos, V. 2008. A Portfolio Choice Model with Utility from Anticipation of Future Consumption and Stock Market Mean Reversion. European Economic Review, 52: 1338-1352

PhD Candidate Award for Outstanding Research, SAC Capital, 2011
Paul and Sandra Montrone Doctoral Fellowship, Columbia Business School, 2009-2010
Doctoral Travel Award, American Finance Association, 2009

Discussant, LBS Corporate Finance Conference, present
Referee, Finance Research Letters, present
Referee, Journal of Financial Intermediation, present
Referee, Review of Financial Studies, 2012-present
Discussant, 2012 China International Conference in Finance, 2012, 2013
Referee, Journal of Finance, 2011-present
Discussant, 5th Annual Private Equity Findings Symposium at London Business School, 2012
Committee Member, Utah Winter Finance Conference, Shmuel Kandel Award for Best Student Paper, 2012

Financial Markets, Corporate Governance, Empirical Corporate Finance