Wayne Ferson

PhD Stanford University 1982
AM Stanford University 1979
MBA Southern Methodist University 1974
BS Southern Methodist University 1972

Specialties

Investment performance evaluation, mutual funds, asset pricing, empirical methods.

Positions Held

At Boston College since 2001. Pigott PACCAR Professor, University of Washington (1992-2001). Visiting professor at Stanford University, Arizona State University, the University of Miami and the University of South Carolina, Assistant Professor at the Wharton School (1981-83), Assistant and Associate professor at the University of Chicago (1983-92).

Professional Activities

President, Western Finance Association (2000-01), Editor of Review of Financial Studies (1996-99), Director of the American Finance Association (1997-99), Director of the Western Finance Association (1993-96) and Vice President (1998-99), Associate Editor for various journals.

Honors and AwardsBerstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy award for Journal of Portfolio Management paper (2000), Dean's Research Award, University of Washington Business School (1997), New York Stock Exchange Award for the best paper on equity trading at the Western Finance Association meeting (1993), Graham and Dodd Scroll for Financial Analysts Journal paper (1991).

Consulting

Frank Russell Company, investment performance evaluation.

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