K. Geert Rouwenhorst
Robert B. and Candice J. Haas Professor of Corporate Finance & Deputy Director of the International Center for Finance
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Geert Rouwenhorst specializes in empirical finance and asset pricing. His research interests include risk and return in international equity markets, commodity investments, and the history of financial innovation. He has held visiting positions at MIT and the IMF. His co-edited book The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets surveys key historical innovations in the field of finance, and was named a book of the year by Barron’s and the Economist.
Expertise
Education
- PhD, University of Rochester, 1991
- MS, University of Rochester, 1988
- BLaw, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1986
- MS, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1985
Courses
- Sourcing & Managing Funds MGT 423
Selected Books
W.N. Goetzmann, C Labio, K.G. Rouwenhorst and T. Young
2013
W. N. Goetzmann and K.G. Rouwenhorst
Oxford University Press, USA
2005
Selected Articles
Investor Interest and the Returns to Commodity Investing
K.G. Rouwenhorst, G. Bhardwaj, and G. Gorton
Journal of Portfolio Management
2016
K.G. Rouwenhorst, G. Bhardwaj, and G. Gorton
Review of Financial Studies
2014
R. G. Frehen, W. N. Goetzmann and K.G. Rouwenhorst
Journal of Financial Economics
2013
G. B. Gorton, F. Hayashi and K.G. Rouwenhorst
Review of Finance
2013
K.G. Rouwenhorst and K. Tang
Annual Review of Financial Economics
2012
Selected Working Papers
Geetesh Bhardwaj, Gary Gorton, K. Geert Rouwenhorst
2015
Wenjin Kang, K. Geert Rouwenhorst, Ke Tang
2015
K.G. Rouwenhorst, W. Goetzmann, and R. Frehen
2011
K.G. Rouwenhorst, W. Goetzmann, and R. Frehen
2010
Achievements
- Roger F. Murray Prize
- Q-Group Grant on Commodity Research
- Award for Outstanding Research, International Investment Forum, 1997
- Frederick Frank Grant for research with an international focus
Editorships
- Emerging Markets Review Editorial Board
- European Financial Management Editorial Board
- Financial Economics Network: European Finance Editorial Board
- Journal of Asset Management Editorial Board
- Journal of Commodity Markets Editorial Board
