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Franklin Allen, (born 6 March 1956) is a British economist and academic. Since 2014, he has been professor of finance and economics, and executive director of the Brevan Howard Centre at
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. He was the Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics at the
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of the
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. He is most active in the research areas of financial innovations, asset price bubbles, the comparison of financial systems, and financial crises.


Early life and education

He was educated at
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and Norwich City College. He graduated from the
University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
with a first class
bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to si ...
in 1977 and completed his
doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...
in economics at
Nuffield College, Oxford Nuffield College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college and specialises in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. Nuffield is one of Oxford's newer c ...
in 1980.


Academic career

Allen was associate professor of finance and associate professor of finance and economics at the Wharton School from 1980 to 1990, when he became vice dean and director of the Wharton Doctoral Programs and Professor of Finance and Economics. In 1994 he was assigned to the chair of Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics as professor. Additionally, he took the position of co-director of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center. He has also visited diverse universities and research centres in the context of visiting professorships, academic fellowships and scientific advisory such as the
University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...
(1993), the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität of Francfort (2001, 2006), the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad (2005), the
Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with ...
and
Gothenburg University The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 ...
in Sweden (2006). He is a past president of the
American Finance Association The American Finance Association (AFA) is an academic organization whose focus is the study and promotion of knowledge of financial economics. It was formed in 1939. Its main publication, the '' Journal of Finance'', was first published in 1946. ...
, Western Finance Association and the Society for Financial Studies, as well as a scientific adviser at the
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, the central bank of Sweden. He is the editor of the European Finance Association's flagship journal, the ''Review of Finance''. Besides, he acts as advisor to ''Fair Observer'', an online magazine covering global issues from a plurality of perspectives, on issues concerning finance or economics, but also on future strategy and editorial policy. Together with
Stewart Myers Stewart Clay Myers is the Robert C. Merton Professor of Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is notable for his work on capital structure and innovations in capital budgeting and valuation, and has had a "remarkable influ ...
and
Richard Brealey __NOTOC__ Richard A. Brealey is a British economist and author. He is an emeritus professor at the London Business School and a Fellow of the British Academy. He co-authored ''Principles of Corporate Finance'' with Stewart C. Myers and Franklin ...
, he is the author of '' Principles of Corporate Finance''. The work is a widely prescribed, standard textbook for undergraduate students in
corporate finance Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with the sources of funding, the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools and analysis used to all ...
, and also addresses the needs of practising financial managers.


Honours

In July 2017, Allen was elected a
Fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom # ...
(FBA), the United Kingdom's
national academy A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the hu ...
for the humanities and social sciences.


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External links


Wharton School Official Curriculum Vitae
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Franklin Living people 1956 births People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood 21st-century British economists 20th-century British economists Alumni of the University of East Anglia Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford University of Pennsylvania faculty Financial economists American finance and investment writers American textbook writers American male non-fiction writers Corporate finance theorists Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania faculty Fellows of the Econometric Society Nippon Life Fellows of the British Academy People educated at City College Norwich Presidents of the American Finance Association The Review of Financial Studies editors