Professor Dr. Douglas Breeden

Biography

Douglas T. Breeden is the William W. Priest, Jr. Professor of Finance and Dean at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. With a distinguished academic career, Breeden has also held faculty positions at Chicago Booth and Stanford University. He served as the Fischer Black Visiting Professor of Financial Economics at MIT's Sloan School from 2011 to 2013, where he was recognized with the 'Outstanding Teacher' award. Breeden has contributed significantly to the field of finance, publishing seminal research on insurance pricing, implicit option pricing, the Consumption Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), and term structure of interest rates, among other topics. His research titled 'Central Bank Policy Impacts on Distribution of Insurance Prices and Future Interest Rates' won the Roger Murray Prize from the Q-Group. Breeden has presented his research at central bank meetings across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and has been featured on CNBC. He is the Associate Editor for three leading finance journals and was the founding editor of the Journal of Fixed Income. Moreover, Breeden has served on the Board of Directors for the American Finance Association and received the honor of being a lifetime Fellow. He has acted as a keynote speaker at various finance associations and is actively involved in philanthropy, contributing to multiple educational and community development initiatives.

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