Comprised of leading academic experts from Europe and North America , the Moody's Academic Advisory and Research Committee fosters dialogue among researchers in academia and at Moody's. The group has been meeting semi-annually since 2001. The objectives of the meetings are to:
- Discuss developments in credit markets and credit risk management
- Review the research findings of the various committee members
- Generate new research projects
- Explore opportunities for collaborative research
In addition, members circulate research in progress for comment and peer review as their work develops. John Hull, Richard Cantor, and Roger M. Stein chair the Committee jointly.
Current committee members:
- Darrell Duffie, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
- John Hull, Global Financial Studies, Inc. and Joseph Rotman School of Mgmt, University of Toronto
- David Lando, Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School
- Andrew Lo, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Mitchell Petersen, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- Raghuram Rajan, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
- Kenneth J. Singleton, Stanford University
- Stephen Schaefer, London Business School
- Alan White, Global Financial Studies, Inc. and Joseph Rotman School of Mgmt, University of Toronto
Past members include:
- Pierre Collin-Dufresne, Goldman Sachs and University of California, Berkeley
- Stephen Figlewski, Stern School of Business, New York University
- Gary Gorton, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
- David Heath, Department of Mathematics, Mellon College of Science
- William Perraudin, School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birbeck College
- Jeremy Stein, Department of Economics, Harvard University
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