Mark Rubinstein

Education
PhD, Finance, University of California, Los Angeles
MBA, Finance, Stanford University
BA, Economics, Harvard University
Positions Held
At Haas since 1972
2006 – present, Professor Emeritus of Finance, Haas School of Business
1995 – 2006, Paul Stephens Professor of Applied Investment Analysis, Haas School of Business
1993, President, American Finance Association
1980 – 1995, Professor, Haas School of Business
1989 – 1995, Director, SuperShare Services Corporation
1984 – 1995, Director, Leland O’Brien Rubinstein Associates
1981 – 1984, Founding Principal and Executive Vice-President, Leland O’Brien Rubinstein Associates
1976 – 1980, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
1975 – 1976, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
1975 – 1975, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Washington
1972 – 1975, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
1970 – 1972, Teaching Associate, University of California, Los Angeles
External Service and Assignments
- Advisory Board, Journal of Investment Management.

Current Research and Interests
- The history of the theory of investments - Christianity

Selected Papers and Publications
- A History of the Theory of Investments: My Annotated Bibliography. Wiley, 2006. - “Great Moments in Financial Economics: IV. The Fundamental Theory, Part II.” Journal of Investment Management (2006). - “Great Moments in Financial Economics: IV. The Fundamental Theory, Part I.” Journal of Investment Management (2005). - “Recovering Probabilities and Risk Aversion from Options Prices and Realized Returns,” with Jens Jackwerth. The Legacy of Fischer Black, edited by Bruce Lehman. Oxford University Press, 2004. - “Great Moments in Financial Economics: III. Short-Sales and Stock Prices.” Journal of Investment Management (2004). - “All in All, It’s Been a Good Life,” in The Growth of Modern Risk Management: A History. Risk Books, 2003. - “Great Moments in Financial Economics: I. Present Value.” Journal of Investment Management (2003). - “Great Moments in Financial Economics: II. Modigliani-Miller Theorem.” Journal of Investment Management (2003).

Teaching
- Fundamentals of Financial Economics, MFE 230A - Derivatives: Economic Concepts, MFE 230C - How Christianity became the World’s Dominant Religion, UGBA 39D

Honors and Awards
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Master’s in Financial Engineering Program, 2003 - Financial Analysts Foundation Graham and Dodd Plaque Award for the best paper to appear in the Financial Analysts Journal _during 2001 - Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (first prize) for “Recovering Probability Distributions from Option Prices,” 1996 - Financial Engineer of the Year Award, International Association of Financial Engineers, 1995 - Financial Analysts Foundation Graham and Dodd Scroll Award for excellence in financial writing, _Financial Analysts Journal, 1989 - Financial Analysts Foundation Graham and Dodd Scroll Award for excellence in financial writing, Financial Analysts Journal, 1988, 1985 - Named “Businessman of the Year” (one of 12) by Fortune _magazine 1987 - Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (third prize) for “Derivative Assets Analysis,” 1987 - Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (first prize) for “Alternative Paths to Portfolio Insurance,” 1985 - Biennial Leo Melamed Prize for _Options Markets (co-authored with John Cox), awarded by the editors of the _Journal of Business _for the most significant published work by a faculty member of a school of business, 1984-1985 - Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (third prize) for “Tests of Alternative Option Pricing Formulas,” 1982 - CBOE Pomerance Prize for Excellence in Options Research for “Option Pricing: A Simplified Approach” (awarded jointly with John Cox and Stephen Ross), 1978