Kerry Y. Siani

Kerry Y. Siani is the Class of 1958 Career Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her research focuses on capital markets and their interaction with policy and the real economy. Siani's recent work employs empirical methods to examine the effects of unconventional monetary policy on corporate bond markets and the role of institutional investors in corporate financing. She holds a BA from Harvard University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA-ID from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a PhD in finance from Columbia University.

Kerry Siani is a finance and economics researcher at MIT Sloan, focusing on the interactions between monetary policy, corporate finance, and credit markets. Their work examines how central bank interventions, such as bond purchases, influence firm behavior, capital markets, and financial stability. Siani's research explores topics like bond market stimulus, nonbank fragility, and the role of financial sophistication in corporate decision-making. They also investigate the spillover effects of monetary policy on local fiscal policies and the dynamics of corporate bond issuance. Their studies provide empirical insights into the functioning of financial markets and the impact of macroeconomic policies on firms and institutions.