I am a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in finance at the University of Florida. I study private equity and private markets more broadly. My research has been featured in The Economist and Financial Times. I visited Stanford GSB for the Fall 2023 term and part of the Fall 2024 term under the supervision of Professor Ilya A. Strebulaev.
Email: blake.jackson@warrington.ufl.edu
Address: 1454 Union Road, P.O. Box 117168, Gainesville, FL 32611
Catering and Return Manipulation in Private Equity [SSRN] (with David Ling and Andy Naranjo)
Presentations: AREUEA-ASSA Annual Conference ('24), SFS Cavalcade ('23), Pre-WFA Summer Real Estate Research Symposium ('23), Institute for Private Capital Spring Symposium ('23), AREUA Virtual Seminar Series ('23), Pension Real Estate Association Spring Conference ('23), Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Meetings in Australia (Part of Keynote) ('23), University of Florida ('23)
Featured in: The Economist, Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Oaktree Insights (Howard Marks), PitchBook, Global Corporate Venturing, New Zealand Business Review, Man Institute
Selling Private Equity Fees [SSRN] (with Minmo Gahng)
2022 Private Equity Research Consortium Best Paper Award
Presentations: WFA ('24), Institute for Private Capital Spring Symposium ('24), University of Florida Presidents Day Weekend Conference ('24), USC Fixed Income and Financial Institutions Conference ('24), UBC Sauder ('25), SUNY Binghamton ('24), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Division of Economic and Risk Analysis) ('24), Mitsui Finance Symposium ('23), LBS Private Capital Symposium ('23), AFA PhD Student Poster Session ('23), UNC Private Equity Research Symposium ('22), University of Florida ('22)
Featured in: Coller Capital Private Equity Findings, Private Equity International