2011 American Finance Fellow Elected

Berkeley, CA, January 13, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The American Finance Association is pleased to announce the election by its Fellows of a new Fellow, Professor Milton Harris, the Chicago Board of Trade Professor of Finance and Economics of the Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago. Professor Harris has produced path breaking research in several areas of corporate finance and on the economic theory of information. Among many important results, he is particularly recognized for his work on the design of securities, of firms, and more generally of organizations. Professor Harris has frequently uncovered important new insights stemming from the role of asymmetric information, particular in settings involving contract design and agency relationships.

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