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PhD Program

Discover a focus and intensity greater than you may have thought possible. As a PhD student at Stanford Graduate School of Business, you will be inspired and challenged to explore novel ideas and complex questions.

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PhD and MBA students working together in an Acting with Power class. Credit: Elena Zukhova

Become an Outstanding Scholar 

Our PhD Program is designed to develop outstanding scholars for careers in research and teaching at leading academic institutions throughout the world. You will embark on a challenging and meaningful experience, focusing your academic study in one of seven distinct fields within the PhD degree program.

Is a PhD Right for You?

Strong PhD candidates are full of ideas and curiosity, with a passion and aptitude for research. If you’re prepared to embark on a rigorous career in research and develop your full potential, we invite you to explore the possibilities of a PhD in business. Admitted students receive full fellowships for their doctoral studies.

Upcoming & Recent Faculty Publications

Journal Article|

Long-Term-Care Utility and Late-in-Life Saving

John Ameriks, Joseph Briggs, Andrew Caplin, Matthew Shapiro, Christopher Tonetti
Journal of Political Economy. June
2020, Vol. forthcoming
Journal Article|

The Insurance is the Lemon: Failing to Index Contracts

Barney Hartman-Glaser, Benjamin Hébert
Journal of Finance (forthcoming). February
2020
Journal Article|

Choosing persuasion targets: How expectations of qualitative change increase advocacy intentions

Christopher Bechler, Zakary Tormala, Derek Rucker
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
2020, Vol. in press
Featured News
June 20, 2019
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Students Present Three Faculty Members with 2019 Teaching Awards

Stanford GSB students recognized Professors Timothy McQuade, Jesper Sørensen, and David Kreps for their outstanding teaching.
Students gather with Tim McQuade and Dean Levin Credit: Kiefer Hickman
May 29, 2019
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When Field Research Goes Awry

Two PhD students find that opening a shop in India to study a simple problem was anything but simple.
A vendor sells fresh produce at one of the research team’s shops. A different vendor is recruited each day from one of the Pink City's several retail vegetable markets. The team’s vendors sold tomatoes and okra throughout the experiment. They were accompanied by a surveyor, who recorded details of all transactions. The man on the bicycle is curious as he turns back to see why a vegetable stall is being photographed. Credit: Shashank Sreedharan
May 14, 2019
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Fixing Economics’ Gender Problem

Meet three graduates of an innovative Stanford GSB program designed to create a path for women and minorities in business academia.
Left to right: Helena Pedrotti, Silvia Klosin, Sarah Johns. Credit: Tricia Seibold
January 17, 2018
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Stanford Economists Kreps, Wilson, Milgrom Honored with 2018 National Academy of Sciences Carty Prize

David Kreps, Paul Milgrom, and Robert Wilson have been honored for their pioneering work using game theory to help solve real-world problems.
From left: Robert Wilson, Paul Milgrom, David Kreps. | Elena Zhukova
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Research Fellows Program

Gain valuable research experience and training in a two-year, pre-doctoral educational opportunity at Stanford University.