John Graham (economist)

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name = John Graham


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field = Corporate finance
work_institution = Duke University Fuqua School of Business (1997-)
University of Utah (1994-1997)
alma_mater = Duke University (Ph.D.)
Virginia Commonwealth University (M.A.)
College of William and Mary (B.A.)
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prizes = Brattle Prize
Jensen Prize
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John R. Graham is an American financial economist, a professor at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, a research associate for the NBER and a regular guest commentator on CNBC. A Phi Beta Kappa winner, Graham has accumulated a lengthy list of award winning research papers.

Professional career

Graham obtained a B.A. College of William and Mary in 1983, a M.A. Virginia Commonwealth University in 1988 and a Ph.D from Duke University in 1994. As a scholar he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society as an undergraduate and to the Alpha Iota Delta, Beta Gamma Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies as a graduate student. Upon completion of his Ph.D., he obtained a position as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Utah University teaching undergraduates, M.B.A. students, and Ph.D. students.cite web|url=http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~jgraham/resume.html|accessdate=2007-09-10|publisher=Fuqua School of Business |title=Curriculum Vitae: John R. Graham]

In 1997, Graham accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. He was promoted to Associate professor in 1999 and full professor in 2004. In 1998 and 1999, he had 3 research papers nominated for either the annual Smith Breeden Prize as the best published in the "Journal of Finance" or the annual Brattle Prize as best corporate finance paper published in the "Journal of Finance". In 2000, he finally won the Brattle Prize for "How Big Are the Tax Benefits of Debt?". [cite web|url=http://www.afajof.org/journal/prizeabs.asp#first00|accessdate=2007-09-10|title=Abstracts of Brattle Prize Winning Papers|publisher=American Finance Association] In 2001, he won the Jensen Prize for the best corporate finance paper published in the "Journal of Financial Economics" for "The Theory and Practice of Corporate Finance: Evidence from the Field" (with Campbell Harvey). He again won the Jensen Prize in 2005 for "Payout Policy in the 21st Century" (with Alon Brav, Campbell Harvey and Roni Michaely) and in 2006 for "Tax Shelters and Corporate Debt Policy" (with Alan Tucker).

Graham is also the co-editor of the "Journal of Finance" and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Finance Association. [cite web|url=http://www.afajof.org/journal/edboard.asp|accessdate=2007-09-12|date=2007-01-29|title=Journal of Finance Editorial Board|publisher=American Finance Association] [cite web|url=http://www.afajof.org/association/officers.asp|accessdate=2007-09-12|date=2007-01-17|title=AFA Officers|publisher=American Finance Association] Also, Graham appears quarterly on the CNBC Closing Bell to discuss the Duke/CFO Business Outlook Survey. [cite web|url=http://www.cfosurvey.org/|title=Duke/CFO Business Outlook Survey|accessdate=2007-09-10|publisher=Fuqua School of Business] As the overseer of the survey, he is often quoted in a wide variety of mass media fora such as the Wall Street Journal, like he was on September 11 2007. [cite news|first=Justin|last=Lahart|title=New CFO Survey Indicates More Feel Credit Squeeze|work=Wall Street Journal|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|page=C1|accessdate=2007-09-12|date=2007-09-11]

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External links

: [http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~jgraham/ John Graham Duke University Home Page]