Kerry Back
J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics at Jones Graduate School of Business

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- Jones Graduate School of Business
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Biography
Jones Graduate School of Business
Kerry Back is the J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance and a Professor of Economics. He has been an editor or an associate editor of various top finance and economics journals, and he is the author of two textbooks: Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice Theory (Oxford University Press, 2nd edition forthcoming) and A Course in Derivative Securities (Springer). Before joining Rice, he was on the faculties of Northwestern University, Indiana University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Texas A&M University. He was Senior Associate Dean and named a University Distinguished Faculty Member at Washington University in St. Louis. He received faculty research awards at Texas A&M and at Rice.
Teaching Interests:
- Investments
- Security markets
- Options and futures
- Financial theory
Research Interests:
- Asset pricing theory and empirics
- Market microstructure
- Auction theory
- Corporate investment
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