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Eugene Fama
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Fama in Stockholm, December 2013
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| Born | February 14, 1939 |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | University of Chicago |
| Field | Financial economics, Organizational economics, Macroeconomics |
| School or tradition |
Chicago School of Economics |
| Alma mater | Tufts University University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor |
Merton Miller Harry V. Roberts |
| Doctoral students |
Cliff Asness, Myron Scholes, Mark Carhart |
| Contributions | Fama–French three-factor model Efficient-market hypothesis |
| Awards | 2005 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics 2008 Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association Award Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2013) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama ( born February 14, 1939) is an American economist. He is best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis.
He is Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
In 2013, he shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen.
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