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George Constantinides studies the causes of historically observed premium equity returns, bond returns, value premium, and size premium; pricing and hedging of options, futures, and derivatives; the effect of market sentiment on economic development and productivity; and the effect of transaction costs and taxes on pricing derivatives. He has published numerous papers in distinguished academic periodicals covering subjects such as "Asset Pricing and Countercyclical Household Consumption Risk" in the Journal of Finance, and has explored themes like the mispricing of S&P 500 index options and rational asset prices. Active in the academic community, Constantinides has served as president of the American Finance Association and is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also serves as a director and trustee of Dimensional Fund Advisors' family funds and trusts. Constantinides earned his bachelor's degree from Oxford University and his MBA and DBA degrees from Indiana University. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1979 and previously taught at Carnegie Mellon University, also having spent time visiting Harvard University as a Marvin Bower Fellow.
University of Chicago Booth School of Business • Chicago, IL
Teaching and research in finance, with a focus on asset pricing and related topics.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Previously taught finance courses and conducted research.
The doctoral program at Booth is organized into 'dissertation areas' which include Accounting, Behavioral Science, Econometrics and Statistics, Finance, Marketing, and Operations Management.