# Purnoor Tak

0 pt2802 [Tenured or Tenure Track](/taxonomy/term/4799) Assistant Professor of Finance 2026       ![Purnoor Tak](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-08/purnoortak_headshot.jpg?h=08108929&itok=Dpg6zbRX)

Kaufman Management Center

44 West Fourth Street

New York, NY 10012

0 - PhD, Finance

London Business School
- MRes, Finance

London Business School
- BCom, Finance and Economics

University of Toronto

Purnoor Tak joined New York University Stern School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Finance in 2026.

Tak conducts research in household finance, financial intermediation, and financial history. Her work examines how households make financial decisions and engage with financial products and intermediaries, and how the design of intermediation shapes participation, risk-taking, and real economic outcomes. She uses administrative microdata and historical datasets to study when and why households adopt financial products and how regulation and institutional design shape household financial behavior.

She received her PhD in Finance from London Business School.

Finance

- Consumer Finance
- Personal Finance
- Financial Intermediation
- Financial History

- Household Finance
- Financial Intermediation
- Financial History
- Mortgage Markets
- Corporate Finance