Christopher Polk
Professor of Finance at The London School of Economics and Political Science
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- The London School of Economics and Political Science
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The London School of Economics and Political Science
Christopher Polk is well published in asset pricing and corporate finance. His work has studied the relative efficiency of conglomerated versus focused firms, the relation between the macroeconomy and the stock returns of financially constrained firms, and the macroeconomic determinants of the cross-section of average stock returns. His current research studies the effect of stock price movements on the business investment policies of firms.
Education
- Ph.D. in Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 1998. Advisors: Eugene Fama (chair), John Cochrane, George Constantinides, Owen Lamont.
- B.S., Duke University, magna cum laude in physics and economics (with honors), 1990.
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