Education
- B.A., Economics, Dartmouth College
- Ph.D., Finance, New York University
Biography
Erin Smith is a Financial Economist in the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where she provides economic analysis on matters related to the SECs Division of Enforcement such as investment advisor fraud, accounting misstatements, insider trading, market manipulation, and other types of securities misconduct. She has worked on more than sixty investigations and lawsuits and has provided expert and summary witness testimony on behalf of the SEC and the Department of Justice in seven cases. Her experience includes assessing the materiality of financial disclosures, calculating ill-gotten gains and investor harm, valuing companies and complex securities, assessing the suitability of investments for retail investors, and applying statistical techniques to detect certain types of market manipulation and investment advisor abuse.