Charles Favreau

Charles Favreau joined the Department of Economics and Finance Fall 2017 after earning his PhD in Finance from the University of Arizona in 2017 and his Masters in Finance from the University of South Florida in 2012. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a Senior Project Manager for Liberty Building Forensics Group and went on to to start his own consulting firm, Delphi Building Science, after becoming a Certified General Contractor in the State of Florida.

Favreau's research areas include investments, investor behavior, financial markets, and real estate. His research appears in Journal of Behavioral Finance, The Journal of Alternative Investments, Quantitative Finance, and Finance Research Letters. His research has been presented at the annual conferences for the Financial Management Association and the Southern Finance Association. In 2020, he was awarded the Presidential Scholarship Award at Duquesne University for work that investigates behavioral biases of insider trades.

While at Duquesne, he developed and leads a course in Real Estate Finance. Additionally, he teaches courses in Business Finance and Financial Management. In 2020, he won the Kurt Rethwisch Outstanding Teacher Award, an award chosen by the graduating class, and in 2021 he was awarded a Dean's Teaching Award.

• Ph.D., University of Arizona
• M.S., University of South Florida
• B.A., University of Central Florida