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Ghysels named to first Bernstein chair


Eric Ghysels has been named to the first Edward M. Bernstein distinguished professor chair in economics as of July 1.

An established scholar in the fields of econometrics and finance, Ghysels also holds an appointment as professor of finance at the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

He has been a visiting professor or scholar at major U.S., European and Asian universities. He lectured at the 1999 (EC)2 conference on financial econometrics, the 1995 Brazilian Econometric Society Meetings, the 1995 American Statistical Association Meetings, and at the 1990 World Congress of the Econometric Society.

He has served on editorial boards of scientific journals, including the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Econometric Theory, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of Empirical Finance. In 1999 he served as chair of the business and economics statistics section of the American Statistical Association.

He has published more than 60 research papers in economics, finance and statistics journals, and he has two forthcoming books. Beginning in January of 2001 he will co-editor the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, along with Alastair Hall of N.C. State University.

Ghysels obtained his doctorate from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University.

The Edward M. Bernstein distinguished professorship was established in 1998 by the Georges Lurcy charitible and educational trust in honor of Bernstein, the former Carolina economics professor.

Bernstein was a faculty member during the years prior to World War II. After the war, he served as chief technical adviser and negotiator at the Bretton Woods Conference and participated in the formation of the International Monetary Fund. He stayed in close contact with the University over the years and remained in touch with the economics department until his death in 1996.


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