为什么经济学专业进入投行的人数那么多

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一直很奇怪为什么投行招聘的时候更青睐经济学的学生，根据今年领英上最新Efinancial careers的数据，econ背景进入投行的人数比率远超金融和其他商科，特别是巴克莱和汇丰。但是经济学的内容过于宏观和理论，并不适合投行的业务要求啊，所以一直不解，希望有大神解答一下HH，谢谢！

cheesechanUID: 3505689

适合投行的业务要求 <--- is not a necessary requirement, or even an important requirement.
finance is easy (technically), and can be easily taught on-the-job, or self-studied.

the most important requirement is: network, and the reputation of university.

and we all know that, top school rarely offer majors like business or finance at bachelor level, since they consider those as weak one.


why economics? well, this is kind of self-selection. those who concern more about the market, the allocation of resource are more likely to be interested in finance / banking. actually, quite many analyst openings are opened to nearly all major, including art and history, science and engineering, and whatever social science.

kusosalisburyUID: 3452548

cheesechan 发表于 2016-9-13 16:13
适合投行的业务要求

you mean that  it is better to hire students who is easily taught on job and requirment is based on different needs . well, eco students with a phd degree or phd degree have a better understanding of eco. they could be a better choice than students in other major or with a bachelor degree ?

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kusosalisbury 发表于 2016-9-15 15:02
you mean that  it is better to hire students who is easily taught on job and requirment is based o ...

we were talking about bachelor / pre-experience master level. (i.e. entry towards analyst, but not associate or etc.)

PhD level is another story.

for example, imagine a quant team in an ibank. imagine a macro group instead. imagine a central bank monetary policy position, imagine a data scientist position, imagine a algo-trading researcher.....etc...

PhD is at very high level, and thus is a specialist. they wont be competing the same position with a bachelor, nor fighting a position with some other PhD in a completely different field.

i.e. your question doesn't valid at all.

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cheesechan 发表于 2016-9-15 17:25
we were talking about bachelor / pre-experience master level. (i.e. entry towards analyst, but n ...

totally agree

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大量的本科/硕士进去了就是干杂活充当不需要什么专业技能的初级廉价劳动力，然后几年中大部分人淘汰掉再接着招，只有少数精英活下来

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在美国，投行最喜欢招的是名校的本科生。跟投行业务最相关的专业应该是金融和会计。然而美国很多的好学校是不提供本科生商科相关专业的，原因大概是觉得这些东西太low（比如哈佛，耶鲁），甚至有的牛校直接没有商学院（比如普林）。这些学校的本科生想学金融和财务方面的知识然后进投行，最接近的专业就是经济学，学校也会酌情开设一些相关课程放在经济系下面来满足这些学生的需求。所以你看到的这些econ背景进入投行的人很多也算半个商科背景，投行也不是非金融和会计专业就不考虑。