Zvi Bodie
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Zvi Bodie is the Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management at Boston University
. He has published widely on pension finance and investment strategy in leading professional journals.
Bodie's books include Foundations of Pension Finance, Pensions in the U.S. Economy, Issues in Pension Economics, and Financial Aspects of the U.S. Pension System. His textbook
, Investments, is the market leader and is used in the certification programs of the CFA Institute
and the Society of Actuaries
. His textbook Financial Economics is coauthored by Robert C. Merton
.
He has served on the finance faculty at the Harvard Business School
and MIT Sloan School of Management
. He sits on the QFINANCE Advisory Board. In 2007 the Retirement Income Industry Association gave Bodie their Lifetime Achievement Award for applied research.
He holds a Ph.D in economics (1975) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
.
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. He has published widely on pension finance and investment strategy in leading professional journals.
Bodie's books include Foundations of Pension Finance, Pensions in the U.S. Economy, Issues in Pension Economics, and Financial Aspects of the U.S. Pension System. His textbook
Textbook
A textbook or coursebook is a manual of instruction in any branch of study. Textbooks are produced according to the demands of educational institutions...
, Investments, is the market leader and is used in the certification programs of the CFA Institute
CFA Institute
CFA Institute is headquartered in the United States of America at Charlottesville, Virginia, with offices in Hong Kong and London. Formerly known as the Association for Investment Management and Research , CFA Institute awards the Chartered Financial Analyst designation...
and the Society of Actuaries
Society of Actuaries
The Society of Actuaries is a professional organization for actuaries based in North America. It was founded in 1949 as the merger of two major actuarial organizations in the United States: the Actuarial Society of America and the American Institute of Actuaries...
. His textbook Financial Economics is coauthored by Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton
Robert Carhart Merton is an American economist, Nobel laureate in Economics, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.-Biography:...
.
He has served on the finance faculty at the Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
and MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
. He sits on the QFINANCE Advisory Board. In 2007 the Retirement Income Industry Association gave Bodie their Lifetime Achievement Award for applied research.
He holds a Ph.D in economics (1975) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
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