【Topic】The Collected Works of Professor Stephen A. Ross: some highlights

【Speaker】Prof. Philip Dybvig

【Time】2:30pm,Thursday, April 26, 2007

【Venue】101 Shunde Building Tsinghua SEM.

【Language】English

【Organizer】Department of Finance

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【Target Audience】Faculty and students in Finance and Economics

【Background Information】Speaker's bio

Philip H. Dybvig is the Boatmen's Bancshares Professor of Finance in the Olin School of Business atWashingtonUniversityinSaint Louis. He has published many papers in top journals on a variety of topics in Finance and Economics. Most of Professor Dybvig's research has provided fundamental theoretical analysis of practical problems. The Diamond-Dybvig model, derived with Professor Douglas W. Diamond, is a pillar of modern banking theory, and after twenty years it is still used widely by academics and regulators. His recent work has focused on investments. His research on asset allocation and spending rules for educational endowments was awarded the first Commonfund Prize in 1996 for ``original research with strong potential to influence practice.'' Further, in 1996, he and Dr. William J. Marshall received the Graham and Dodd Scroll for excellence in financial writing awarded by the Association for Investment Management and Research.

Professor Dybvig grew up inDayton,Ohio, and received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics fromIndianaUniversityin 1976. After receiving a doctorate in economics fromYaleUniversityin 1979, he taught briefly atPrincetonUniversitybefore returning to Yale where he became a tenured Full Professor. In 1988, Professor Dybvig left Yale to join the faculty ofWashingtonUniversity, initially as the John E. Simon Professor of Finance.

Professor Dybvig is also known for his commitment to teaching in theOlinSchool's various programs, and several of his former doctoral students have become prominent scholars.

Professor Dybvig is a past president of the Western Finance Association and has held many editorial positions at leading journals. He has also served onWashingtonUniversity's Investments Committee and the National Endowment Survey Advisory Committee of the National Association of College and University Business Officers.