Eugene Fama

Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama (/ˈfɑːmə/; born February 14, 1939) is an American economist, best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis.

Eugene Fama
Fama in Stockholm, December 2013
Born (1939-02-14) February 14, 1939
NationalityAmerican
EducationTufts University
University of Chicago
Academic career
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
FieldFinancial economics, Organizational economics, Macroeconomics
School or
tradition
Chicago School of Economics
Doctoral
advisor
Merton Miller
Harry V. Roberts
Doctoral
students
Cliff Asness, Myron Scholes, Mark Carhart
ContributionsFama–French three-factor model
Efficient-market hypothesis
Awards2005 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics
2008 Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association Award
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2013)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

He is currently Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2013, he shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen. The Research Papers in Economics project ranked him as the 9th-most influential economist of all time based on his academic contributions, as of April 2019. He is regarded as "the father of modern finance", as his works built the foundation of financial economics and have been cited widely.

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