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Jeff Harris

Dean's Professor of Finance

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jhharr03@syr.edu

PhD in Finance, The Ohio State University

MBA, University of Iowa

BA in Physics, University of Iowa

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PhD in Finance, The Ohio State University

MBA, University of Iowa

BA in Physics, University of Iowa

Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris is currently Dean’s Chair in Finance at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University where he teaches investments and derivatives courses. Dr. Harris has an extensive background in market microstructure and regulatory issues. He recently served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with prior experience as Visiting Academic at the Nasdaq Stock Market and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He has previously held faculty appointments as the Collins Chair of Finance in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (visiting), at the University of Notre Dame and at The Ohio State University. His research appears in the Energy Journal, Financial Management, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Investment Management, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Futures Markets, the Review of Futures Markets and the Review of Financial Studies.

Dr. Harris received his B.A. in Physics and MBA from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in Finance from The Ohio State University.

Professor Harris's research interests include the microstructure of stock and derivatives markets with applications to capital formation, trading behavior and regulatory issues.

Selected Publications:

"Who Drove and Burst the Tech Bubble," 2011, Journal of Finance 66, 1251-1290, with John M. Griffin, Tao Shu and Selim Topaloglu.

"The Role of Speculators in the Crude Oil Futures Markets," 2011, Energy Journal 32, 167-202, with Bahattin Büyüksahin.

"Clearing House, Margin Requirements, and Systemic Risk," 2011, Review of Futures Markets 19, 39-54, with Jorge A. Cruz Lopez and Christophe Pérignon.

"Effects of Central Bank Intervention on the Interbank Market during the Subprime Crisis," 2010, Review of Financial Studies 24, with Celso Brunetti and Mario di Filippo.

"Why to Maturing Futures and Cash Prices Diverge for Agricultural Commodities?," 2010, Journal of Futures Markets, forthcoming, with Nicole Aulerich and Raymond P.H. Fishe.

"Why are IPO Investors Net Buyers through Lead Underwriters?," 2007, Journal of Financial Economics 85, 518-551, with John M. Griffin and Selim Topaloglu .

Harris to speak on 'Finance in a Dodd-Frank World' Nov. 2 in Lender 10.26.11
Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School, will deliver a lecture, “Finance in a Dodd-Frank World,” on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Harris recently served as chief economist at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Read more>>
Harris to deliver keynote address at World Commodities Week in London 10.6.11
Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School, will speak at the seventh annual World Commodities Week, Oct. 25-27 in London. The conference examines commodities investment, commodity trading and alterna Read more>>
Harris, Dean's Professor of Finance, reviews new financial regulatory legislation 10.3.11
Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School, recently reviewed new financial regulatory legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL). Read more>>
Jeffrey Harris quoted in International Business Times on U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 9.29.11
Jeffrey Harris, Dean's Professor of Finance in the Whitman School, is quoted in an International Business Times article on Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Read more>>
Whitman welcomes new faculty members 9.22.11
The Whitman School of Management welcomes four new faculty members this fall: Jeffrey Harris (finance), D. Craig Nichols (accounting), Alexandra Kostakis ’91 (entrepreneurial practice) and Peter Scott (entrepreneurial practice).

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