Jeff Harris Professor Finance and Real Estate
- Additional Positions at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ
- 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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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ 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. Harris has served in prominent regulatory roles, including Chief Economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He has also been a Visiting Academic at Nasdaq and held faculty appointments at institutions such as Syracuse University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Notre Dame. His research is widely published in leading journals like Journal of Finance and Review of Financial Studies. At Kogod, he teaches courses on investment analysis and portfolio management.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.