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Jeff Harris Professor Finance and Real Estate

Additional Positions at AU
Gary D. Cohn Goldman Sachs Chair in Finance
Degrees
BA Physics University of Iowa
MBA Finance University of Iowa
PhD Finance The Ohio State University

Bio
Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris is currently the Gary D. Cohn Goldman Sachs Chair in Finance at Kogod. Dr. Harris has an extensive background in market microstructure and regulatory issues. Dr. Harris recently served as Chief Economist and Division Director for the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Previously he served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and as Visiting Academic at the Nasdaq Stock Market. He has previously held faculty appointments as the Dean’s Chair in Finance at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, as the Collins Chair of Finance in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (visiting), at the University of Delaware, at the University of Notre Dame and at The Ohio State University. His research appears in the Energy Journal, European Financial Management, Financial Management, The Financial Review, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Investment Management, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Futures Markets, the Review of Futures Markets and the Review of Financial Studies.
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • FIN-369 Investment Analysis

  • FIN-369 Investment Analysis

  • FIN-672 Investment Anly/Portfolio Mgt

AU Experts

Area of Expertise

NASDAQ stock market; managed investment fund; day trading; initial public offerings (IPOs); electronic trading; futures trading in commodity markets; the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); trading behavior

Additional Information

Dr. Jeffrey Harris joined Kogod this fall as a tenured professor in the Finance department. Harris is currently the Gary D. Cohn Goldman Sachs Chair in Finance at Kogod. He has an extensive background in market microstructure and regulatory issues. He recently served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with prior experience as Visiting Academic at the Nasdaq Stock Market and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He has previously held faculty appointments as the Dean’s Chair in Finance at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, as the Collins Chair of Finance in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (visiting), at the University of Delaware, at the University of Notre Dame and at The Ohio State University. His research appears in the Energy Journal, European Financial Management, Financial Management, The Financial Review, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Investment Management, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Futures Markets, the Review of Futures Markets and the Review of Financial Studies.

For the Media

To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

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