Efraim Berkovich, Ph.D. 

Efraim Berkovich is Assistant Professor of Economics, Finance and Management. Professor Berkovich is also the Director of the Graduate Program in Finance.  He earned his B.S. in Mathematics magna cum laude from Georgetown University, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Berkovich worked in software engineering and technical architecture at global financial organizations such as AXA Financial, Sanford C. Bernstein, and NASD. In addition, he worked as a consultant and researcher at the Hispanic Institute for a study on credit card interchange fees and card rewards.  Professor Berkovich's research interests tend towards microeconomics and finance.  His courses at Manhattanville include Concepts in Financial Information Systems, Business Statistics, Managerial Economics, Corporate Finance, and Financial Markets.