Education
BA, economics and mathematics, Macalester College
MA, economics, Harvard University
Ph.D., economics, Harvard University
Positions Held
At Haas since 1998
2005 - present Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
1999 - 2005 Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
1998 - 1999 Visiting Lecturer, Haas School of Business
1994 - 1999 Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Board
1989 - 1994 Economist, Federal Reserve Board
Current Research and Interests
- Term structure of interest rates
- Stock return dynamics
- Credit risk (theoretical and empirical)
Selected Papers and Publications
- "Term structure estimation without using latent factors," Journal of Financial Economics 79, 2006, 507-536.
- "Time-variation in the covariance between stock returns and consumption growth," Journal of Finance 60, 2005, 1673-1712.
- "Term premia and interest rate forecasts in affine models," Journal of Finance 57, 2002, 405-443.
- "Credit Derivatives in Banking: Useful Tools for Managing Risk?" Journal of Monetary Economics 48, 2001, 25-54.
- "Estimating the Price of Default Risk," Review of Financial Studies 12, 1999, 197-226.
- "The Relation Between Treasury Yields and Corporate Bond Yield Spreads," Journal of Finance 53, 1998, 2225-2241.
Teaching
- MBA 203B, Introduction to Finance (Fall 2006)
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