Cathy Goldberg

Cathy Goldberg joined the University of San Francisco, School of Management in 2001. Cathy has a PhD in finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and her interests in research have been founded in emerging markets, financial integration and country risk. Her more recent work has taken an interdisciplinary approach, crossing into entrepreneurship and accounting.

• PhD, Finance, University of Colorado At Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 2001
• MAT, Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1996
• Bachelor Commerce, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1986

• Financial Consultant, WordStar/StarPress, San Francisco, CA, Jan 1993-Jan 1994
• Associate, Financo, Inc., New York, NY, Sept 1989-Jan 1993
• Financial Analyst, Salomon Brothers Inc., New York, NY, July 1987-June 1989

• USFFA University-Wide Distinguished Teaching Award, USF, May 2005

•  Outstanding Teaching Award SOM , 2023, 2019, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2002

• “Style Drift and Alphas: A Case Study in International Retail Funds” with Carol Graham and Francisco Delgado, Accounting and Finance Research, Volume 11, (2022).
• “Alphas: A Case Study in International Institutional Mutual Funds” with Carol Graham and Francisco Delgado, Accounting and Finance Research, Volume 9, (2020)
• “CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Risk Taking: Evidence from Pension Policy” with Joohyung Ha and Carol Graham, Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, Volume 31, (2020).
• “Alphas: A Case Study in International Institutional Mutual Funds” with Francisco Delgado, proceedings of the Academy of Business Research, (2017).
• “Venture Capital in China: Development, Confidence, and Lessons” with Mark Cannice and Ling Ding, Economy, Management and Development, (2012).