Andre B. de Souza

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Assistant ProfessorAssociate Professor
Economics
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
PhD, Finance, New York University Stern School of BusinessMBA, Finance, Goa University Department of Management StudiesBA, History, St Xavier's College
Andre de Souza is an associate professor of finance at St John's University. He graduated from NYU Stern with a PhD in finance, and previously held academic positions at Fordham University and NYU. His research has been published in several journals, including the Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Banking and Finance.

Teaching Interests

Investments, corporate finance

Research Interests

Empirical asset pricing, mutual funds

Courses Taught

FIN
665
PORTFOLIO MGT & ANALYTICS
FIN
684
QUANTITATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT
FIN
3311
CORPORATE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
FIN
3312
INVESTMENTS
FIN
4327
MANAGING INVESTMENT FUNDS I

Select Publications

Journal Articles

Akhigbe, A., Martin, A. D., Newman, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2022). Russell Index reconstitutions and short interest. Quarterly review of economics and finance. vol. 84, pp. 577-588.

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2021). Enhanced index funds: enhanced?. European Financial Management. vol. 22, pp. 327-344.

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2019). Passive mutual funds and ETFs: performance and comparison. Journal of Banking and Finance. vol. 106,

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2019). Are passive funds really superior investments: an investor perspective. Financial Analysts Journal. vol. 75,

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2018). Fund of funds' selection of mutual funds. Critical Finance Review (NOW Publishers).

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2016). Target risk funds. European Financial Management.

Elton, E., Gruber, M., and de Souza, A. B. (2015). Target date funds: characteristics and performance. Review of Asset Pricing Studies .