Edited by H. Kent Baker, Professor of Finance, American University, Edited by Greg Filbeck, Professor of Finance and Risk Management, Penn State Behrend, and Edited by Andrew C. Spieler, Professor of Finance, Hofstra University
H. Kent Baker, CFA, CMA, is a University Professor of Finance in the Kogod School of Business at American University. He is an award-winning author/editor of 31 books and more than 180 refereed articles. Professor Baker holds a BSBA from Georgetown University; M.Ed., MBA, and DBA degrees from the University of Maryland; and an MA, MS, and two PhDs from American University. Greg Filbeck, CFA, FRM, CAIA, CIPM, and PRM, is a Samuel P. Black III Professor of Finance and Risk Management at Penn State Behrend and serves as the Director for the Black School of Business. Professor Filbeck has authored or edited 10 books and published more than 95 refereed academic journal articles. He received a BS from Murray State University; an MS from Penn State University, and a DBA (finance) from the University of Kentucky. Andrew C. Spieler, CFA, FRM and CAIA, is a Professor of Finance in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University. Professor Spieler has authored over 40 scholarly
articles and book chapters. In addition, he has received two "Researcher of the Year" and two "Teacher of the Year" awards. He received a BS from Binghamton University, MBA from Binghamton University, MS from Indiana University and PhD from Binghamton University.
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H. Kent Baker, University Professor of Finance, Kogod School of Business, American University
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