Core Faculty - Alex Becker

Alexander Becker

Assistant Professor, Administrative Sciences

Dr. Becker is an assistant professor in the financial management program at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. He teaches courses in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Derivative Securities and Markets, Case Studies in Current Corporate Financial Topics, and Interdisciplinary Methods for Quantitative Finance.

In his research, Dr. Becker works on complex networks in finance and empirical corporate finance. Currently, he is studying the impact of private debt and its covenants on the capital structure of firms and bank-firm lending relationships, firm-political risk, and the impact of stock buybacks.

Professor Becker holds a PhD in physics with a concentration in econophysics from Boston University. His doctoral thesis addresses the dynamics and interconnectedness of financial markets, such as the sovereign debt market and the foreign exchange market. He is a CFA® charterholder.