Eugene Fama
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- Born
- 1939-02-14
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5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,005x
- Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds
· 1993 · cited 20,245x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,514x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,370x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,328x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-02-14 ) February 14, 1939 (age 87) , Boston, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Tufts University ( BA ), University of Chicago ( MBA , PhD )
- Thesis
- The Distribution of the Daily Differences of the Logarithms of Stock Prices (1964)
- Doctoral advisor
- Merton Miller , Harry V. Roberts
- Discipline
- Financial economics , Organizational economics , Macroeconomics
- School or tradition
- Chicago School of Economics
- Institutions
- University of Chicago
- Doctoral students
- Cliff Asness , Myron Scholes , Mark Carhart
- Notable ideas
- Fama–French three-factor model , Efficient-market hypothesis
- Awards
- 2005 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics , 2008 Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association Award, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2013)
- Website
- Information at IDEAS / RePEc
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Key dates
- Born
- 14 February 1939
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Notable work
- Fama–French three-factor model
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Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama (/ˈfɑːmə/; born February 14, 1939) is an American economist and Nobel Laureate. He is best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis.
He is Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2013, he shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen. The Research Papers in Economics project ranked him as the 9th-most influential economist of all time based on his academic contributions as of 2019. He is regarded as "the father of modern finance", as his works built the foundation of financial economics.
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