George M. Constantinides
Leo Melamed Professor of Finance
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Biography
George Constantinides studies the causes of the historically observed premium of equity returns over bond returns, the value premium, and the size premium; the pricing and hedging of options, futures, and other derivatives; the effect of market sentiment on economic development and productivity; the effect of transaction costs and taxes on the pricing of derivatives; and portfolio management. He has published numerous papers in distinguished academic periodicals. Subjects he has covered include 鈥淎sset Pricing with Countercyclical Household Consumption Risk,鈥� written with A. Ghosh in the Journal of Finance; "Mispricing of S&P 500 Index Options," written with J. C. Jackwerth and S. Perrakis in the Review of Financial Studies; "Rational Asset Prices," in the Journal of Finance; and "Junior Can't Borrow: A New Perspective on the Equity Premium Puzzle," written with J. B. Donaldson and R. Mehra in the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
A former president of the American Finance Association and of the Society for Financial Studies, Constantinides is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He serves as a director and trustee of the Dimensional Fund Advisors' family of funds and trusts.
Constantinides earned a bachelor's degree from Oxford University and MBA and DBA degrees from Indiana University. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1979, having previously taught at Carnegie Mellon University. He also visited Harvard University as a Marvin Bower Fellow.
Outside his research and teaching, he likes to spend time with family and friends, travel, scuba dive, read, listen to music, and discover new people, ideas, places, and restaurants.
Selected Publications
鈥淲hat Information Drives Asset Prices?鈥� The Review of Asset Pricing Studies 11 (December 2021), 837鈥�885 (with A. Ghosh).
鈥淭he Supply and Demand of S&P 500 Options,鈥� Critical Finance Review 10 (2021), 1-20 (with L. Lian).
鈥淢ispriced Index Option Portfolios,鈥� Financial Management 49 (Summer 2020), 297-330 (with M. Czerwonko and S. Perrakis).
鈥淎sset Pricing: Models and Empirical Evidence,鈥� Journal of Political Economy 125 (December 2017), 1782-1790.
鈥淎sset Pricing with Countercyclical Household Consumption Risk,鈥� Journal of Finance 73 (February 2017), 415-459 (with A. Ghosh).
鈥淭he Puzzle of Index Option Returns,鈥� Review of Asset Pricing Studies 3 (December 2013), 229-257 (with J. C. Jackwerth and A. Z. Savov).
With M. Czerwonko, J. C. Jackwerth, and S. Perrakis, 鈥淎re Options on Index Futures Profitable for Risk Averse Investors? Empirical Evidence,鈥�听Journal of Finance听66, 1407-1437 (August 2011).
"Rational Asset Prices,"听Journal of Finance听57 (August 2002).
With A. Brav and C. Geczy, "Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Consumers and Limited Participation: Empirical Evidence,"听Journal of Political Economy听110 (August 2002).
With J. B. Donaldson and R. Mehra, "Junior Can't Borrow: A New Perspective on the Equity Premium Puzzle,"听Quarterly Journal of Economics听117 (February 2002).
With D. Duffie, "Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Consumers,"听Journal of Political Economy听104 (1996).
2024 - 2025 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Pricing III | 2025 (Spring) | |
| Introductory Finance | 2024 (Autumn) |
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