Christopher C. Geczy Faculty Profile

Christopher C. Geczy
Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance
Director, Wharton Wealth Management Initiative

PhD, The University of Chicago, 1999; BA, The University of Pennsylvania, 1990

Research Areas
Asset pricing; financial econometrics; risk management

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1997-present.

Other Positions
Federal Reserve Board, 1990-92; Member, Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund Association

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Caesarea Prize; Bank of Canada Research Award; Zicklin Center Research Grant; Q Group Research Award; Sloan Fellow, Wharton; New York Stock Exchange Fellow, Wharton; Oscar Mayer Fellowship, University of Chicago; CRSP Research Award; Dice Fellow in Finance, Ohio State University

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Economic Advisory Board, NASDAQ; Advisory Editor, Journal of Alternative Investments; Advisor Editor, Journal of Wealth Management; Academic Director, Securities Industry Institute; Curriculum and Exam Committee, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA)

Representative Publications
(with R. Evans, D. Musto and A. Reed)
"Failure is an Option: Impediments to Short-Selling and Options Prices." Review of Financial Studies (2008).

(with C. Schrand and B. Minton)
Taking a View: Corporate Speculation, Governance and Compensation, Journal of Finance (2007).

(with D. Musto and A. Reed)
The "Stocks are Special Too: An Analysis of the Equity Lending Market." Journal of Financial Economics (2002).

(with A. Brav and G. Constantinides)
"Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Consumers and Limited Participation: Empirical Evidence." Journal of Political Economy (2002).

(with A. Brav and P. Gompers)
"The Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?" Journal of Financial Economics (2000).

(with B. Minton and C. Schrand)
"Why Firms Use Currency Derivatives." The Journal of Finance (September 1997).