John Y. Campbell

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name = John Y. Campbell
birth_date = Birth date and age|1958|5|17
birth_place = United Kingdom
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residence = Cambridge, Massachusetts
nationality = British
field = Economist
work_institution = Harvard University 1994- NBER 1991-99 Princeton University 1984-94
alma_mater = Yale University PhD 1984
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
doctoral_advisor = Robert Shiller
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known_for = Financial economics Asset pricing
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John Young Campbell (born May 17, 1958) is a British-American economist and a professor of economics at Harvard University.

Biography

Early years

Campbell was born on May 17, 1958. He was a scholar at Winchester College and graduated with a B.A. (First Class) from Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1979. He went on to complete his M.Phil and Ph.D. (1984) in economics from Yale University.

Academic career

Campbell became an assistant professor at Princeton University in 1984. He remained on the faculty at Princeton until 1994, when he joined Harvard University, where he is currently the Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics. In May 2006 he was appointed a Harvard College Professor, an honor recognizing particularly distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching in all its forms. [Harvard Gazette [http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.04/03-collegeprof.html announcement] ]

Campbell has received various honors including:
* President, American Finance Association 2006
* Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2000-present
* Fellow, Econometric Society, 1990–present, on the Council 2002-present
* Honorary Fellow, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, 2008
* Graham and Dodd Award for Excellence, Financial Analysts Journal, 2005
* Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing in Lifelong Financial Security with various co-authors 2002; 1999 and 1997
* Association of American Publishers Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Economics, with Andrew Lo and Craig MacKinlay, 1997
* Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 1987–present

His invited lectures include:
* Geneva Lecture, European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, 2008
* William S. Vickrey Distinguished Address, International Atlantic Economic Society, 2006
* Frank Hahn Lecture, Royal Economic Society, 2002
* Marshall Lectures, University of Cambridge, 2001
* Clarendon Lectures, University of Oxford, 1999

Research

Campbell is known for his research in financial economics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. He concentrates on asset pricing and portfolio choice for long-term investors. Books published by Campbell include "Strategic Asset Allocation: Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors", "Risk Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform", and "The Econometrics of Financial Markets".

He serves on the Board of the Harvard Management Company and also serves as Partner, Research at Arrowstreet Capital LP, a hedge fund [ [http://www.arrowstreetcapital.com/personnel_bios.htm#john Arrowstreet Capital bios] ] .

References

* [http://kuznets.fas.harvard.edu/~campbell/campcv.pdf CV of John Y. Campbell]
* [http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/campbell/books.html Books published by John Y. Campbell]

External links

* [http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/campbell/campbell.html John Y. Campbell at Harvard University]