Randolph Cohen

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name = Randy Cohen


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field = Financial economics
work_institution = Harvard Business School
alma_mater = University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Harvard College (A.B.)
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Randolph Baer Cohen (born November 30 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American financial economist, and an associate professor at Harvard University.

Professional career

Cohen received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1987 and then obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1998. Upon graduation he began his career on the faculty at Harvard Business School where his research focus has been on the interface between the actions of institutional investors and price levels in the stock market. [cite web|url=http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=rcohen%40hbs.edu|accessdate=2007-09-10|date=2007|publisher=President and Fellows of Harvard College|title=Randolph B. Cohen - Biography]

At Harvard, Cohen has been published in several of the most prestigious and widely cited Journals in the fields of finance and economics. In addition, Cohen has published numerous Harvard case studiess on topics ranging from the valuation of baseball star Alex Rodriguez to risk arbitrage. [Cite web|url=http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=pub&facEmId=rcohen|accessdate=2007-09-10|title=Randolph B. Cohen - Publications and Course Materials|publisher=President and Fellows of Harvard College] His 2003 research entitled "The value spread" (with Christopher Polk and Tuomo Vuolteenaho) was a nominee for the Smith-Breeden Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Finance. [cite web|url=http://personal.lse.ac.uk/polk/research/polkcv.pdf|accessdate=2007-09-10|title=Christopher Polk - Curriculum Vitae|publisher=London School of Economics] His 2005 research entitled "Judging fund managers by the company they keep" (with Lubos Pastor and Joshua Coval), which was profiled in "Time" magazine (June 9 2003), "The New York Times" (January 5 2003), and "Barron's Magazine" (December 16-20, 2002), was also thusly nominated. [cite web|url=http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/lubos.pastor/research/|accessdate=2007-09-10|publisher=chicagogsb.edu|title=Research]

In addition to his research and teaching at Harvard, Cohen is involved in the hedge fund industry and is a frequent speaker at hedge fund conferences. [cite web|accessdate=2007-09-16|url=http://www.cfainstitute.org/memresources/conferences/Event_1582/index.html|title=Hedge Fund Management 2007: Speakers|publisher=CFA Institute] [cite web|accessdate=2007-09-16|url=http://www.terrapinn.com/2007/alphausa/SpeakerList.stm|title=Portable Alpha & 130/30 Strategies 2007|publisher=Terrapinn Ltd.] [cite web|accessdate=2007-09-16|url=http://www.hedgestock.co.uk/2006/speakerscorner|title=Hedgestock 2006|publisher=hedgestock.co.uk]

Personal

Cohen grew up in Philadelphia and attended Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA. His father was a practicing attorney and his mother taught reading at Wordsworth Academy, a school for children with learning disabilities.

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External links

* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=16327 Cohen at SSRN]