James Carter Van Horne (born 1935) is an American economist and finance academic. He was the

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Professor of Banking and Finance. at the

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(GSB). He is the author of 5 books, more than 60 articles, and numerous

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. His teaching and research covered

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, money and capital markets, and

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. In 1965, he began teaching at Stanford, subsequently promoted to Professor, and later serving as director of the MBA program and as Associate Dean. He was deputy assistant secretary of the

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from 1975 to 1976. He served as president of the Western Finance Association from 1981 to 1982, and was the 1984 president of the

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. In 1982, he received the school's inaugural MBA Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 1997, he became the first two time recipient. he was the 1998 recipient of the Robert T. Davis Award for extraordinary faculty contributions. In 2011, the GSB established the James C. Van Horne Professorship in Van Horne's honor; the named professorship was first held by Jeffrey Zwiebel. He completed his bachelor's degree at

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in 1957, followed by master's and doctoral degrees at

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in 1961 and 1964, respectively.

Selected publications

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