Dr. Michael J. Cooper’s primary research and teaching interests are in investments. His current research is focused on equity returns predictability, related data-snooping issues, and the behavior of mutual fund investors.

Professor Cooper’s research has appeared in numerous leading academic journals, including The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Financial Economics, The Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and the Review of Finance. His work has received multiple awards, including first place in the 2021 Washington University Olin Award for Research That Transforms Business, the 2000 Barclays Global Investors Award (European Finance Association), the 2006 Fama/DFA Second Prize for Capital Markets and Asset Pricing, and third prize in the 2007 Q-Group Rodger F. Murray Prize Competition. His research has also been widely cited in the popular press, including in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, CNBC, Reuters, and NPR, among others.

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