George Constantinides
Encyclopedia
George M. Constantinides is a financial economist, known for his work on portfolio management, asset pricing, derivatives pricing, and capital markets behavior. He is the Leo Melamed Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a board member of Dimensional Fund Advisors
.
. He came to the University of Chicago
in 1978 as the Ford Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor. There George was granted Associate Professor in 1979 and Professor in 1983, where he remains today. He was the Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School
from 1985–86 and the BP Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics
in 2007.
. He is also a former president, vice-president, and founding member of the Society for Financial Studies. George has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research
since 1989. He has been the editor-in-chief of Foundations and Trends in Finance since 2004.
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors is an investment firm headquartered in Austin, Texas with regional offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Santa Monica, Sydney, and Vancouver. The company was founded in 1981 by David G. Booth and Rex Sinquefield, both graduates of the University of Chicago Booth School of...
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Education
George earned a BA degree in Physics from Oxford University in 1970. He came to the US on a Fulbright travel grant and received an MBA degree in 1972 and a Doctorate in Business Administration in 1975, both from Indiana University.Career
George began his career as an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
. He came to the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
in 1978 as the Ford Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor. There George was granted Associate Professor in 1979 and Professor in 1983, where he remains today. He was the Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
from 1985–86 and the BP Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
in 2007.
Titles
George is a former president, vice-president, and director of the American Finance AssociationAmerican Finance Association
The American Finance Association is an academic organization whose focus is the study and promotion of knowledge of financial economics. It was formed in 1939...
. He is also a former president, vice-president, and founding member of the Society for Financial Studies. George has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research
National Bureau of Economic Research
The National Bureau of Economic Research is an American private nonprofit research organization "committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community." The NBER is well known for providing start and end...
since 1989. He has been the editor-in-chief of Foundations and Trends in Finance since 2004.