Edwin J. Elton IV (born 5 October 1939) was Nomura Professor of Finance at
New York University Stern School of Business
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and Academic Director of the Stern Doctoral Program.
Biography
Professor Elton has served as a
portfolio theory and investment management consultant for major financial institutions in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He has been a senior research fellow at the International Institute of Management in Berlin and a visiting scholar at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) in Brussels and at
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Professor Elton received the Graham Dodd Award for research in investments and was named Distinguished Scholar by the Eastern Finance Association. He is a former president of the
American Finance Association.
Professor Elton is currently associate editor of ''Journal of Banking and Finance'' and ''Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance'', and was also formerly co-managing editor of ''The Journal of Finance''. He has been a member of the board of directors of the
American Finance Association and an associate editor of ''Management Science''.
He received his
BS in Math from
Ohio Wesleyan, and his MS and
PhD
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in Industrial Administration from
Carnegie-Mellon.
Publications
Professor Elton has authored or coauthored eight books and over 110 articles. His book, ''Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis'', is the standard textbook used in most leading graduate schools of business.
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References
External links
NYU Stern ProfileEdwin Elton's BiographyList of Books on AmazonMaster of Science in Global Finance
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1939 births
Living people
Corporate finance theorists
American financial economists
New York University Stern School of Business faculty
Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
Presidents of the American Finance Association
Tepper School of Business alumni