Frederick H. Harris
Emeritus Professor of Economics & Finance
EMAIL: harrisf@wfu.edu
CV: Curriculum Vitae
BIOGRAPHY
Frederick H.deB. Harris (Rick) is Professor of Economics and Finance, Wake Forest University. His specialties are capital market design and price discovery in financial markets, as well as pricing tactics and revenue management in product markets. He has taught Core and elective M.B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. courses at Wake Forest, Texas, William and Mary and research centers in Germany, Italy, and Australia.
Professor Harris has won two school-wide Researcher of the Year awards and two Educator of the Year awards. Other recognitions include Outstanding Faculty (Inc., 1998 and 2001), Outstanding Faculty (Business Week's Guide to the Best Business Schools, 1997-2004), Board of Associate Editors (Journal of Industrial Economics, 1988-2003), and the Runner-up Prize (European Corporate Governance Institute, 2007).
His fifty plus publications have appeared in the Financial Times journals in Economics, Finance, Operations, and Management as well as leading field journals such as the Journal of Financial Markets, the Journal of Industrial Economics, and the Journal of Pricing and Revenue Management. He also writes contributions to practice in the Journal of Trading from Institutional Investor Inc., in Bloomberg's Guide to Global Liquidity, and in the AMA's Marketing Management.
Professor Harris holds a 1981 Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and earned a Dartmouth College B.A. with distinction in Economics.
Professor Harris has won two school-wide Researcher of the Year awards and two Educator of the Year awards. Other recognitions include Outstanding Faculty (Inc., 1998 and 2001), Outstanding Faculty (Business Week's Guide to the Best Business Schools, 1997-2004), Board of Associate Editors (Journal of Industrial Economics, 1988-2003), and the Runner-up Prize (European Corporate Governance Institute, 2007).
His fifty plus publications have appeared in the Financial Times journals in Economics, Finance, Operations, and Management as well as leading field journals such as the Journal of Financial Markets, the Journal of Industrial Economics, and the Journal of Pricing and Revenue Management. He also writes contributions to practice in the Journal of Trading from Institutional Investor Inc., in Bloomberg's Guide to Global Liquidity, and in the AMA's Marketing Management.
Professor Harris holds a 1981 Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and earned a Dartmouth College B.A. with distinction in Economics.
HONORS
- 2010 - Professorial Visiting Fellow, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales
- 2009 - Professorial Visiting Fellow, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales
- 2008 - Babcock Educator of the Year, Babcock Graduate School of Management
- 2008 - Professorial Visiting Fellow, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales
- 2007 - Runner-Up Prize, European Corporate Governance Institute
- 2003 - Outstanding Faculty, Business Week, Guide to the Best Business Schools
- 2001 - Babcock Educator of the Year, Babcock Graduate School of Management
- 1998 - Outstanding Faculty, Inc Magazine
- 1993 - Board of Associate Editors, Journal of Industrial Economics (1988-1993 Vols)
EXPERTISE
Pricing
IN THE MEDIA
- October 22, 2010 - A Framework for Assessing Security Market Integrity, Wall Street Week
- June 8, 2007 - Well compensated: New rules haven't altered how Triad CEOs are paid, Triad Business Journal | more information
- April 8, 2005 - Triad firms raising pay for directors, Triad Business Journal | more information
- January 14, 2005 - Wake Forest professors' research wins international acclaim, Triad Business Journal | more information
- July 22, 2004 - Ejecting airline CEOs, The Star-Ledger
- June 18, 2004 - Poor timing? Analysts question Targacept's IPO, WNYT-TV
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Pricing/Revenue Management
- Security Price Discovery
- Market Integrity, Capital Markets Microstructure
- Security Market Design
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Managerial Economics
- Revenue Management
- Applied Game Theory
- Time-Series Econometrics of Asset Price Modeling
EDUCATION
- Ph D, University of Virginia- 1981
- BA, Dartmouth College with Distinction in Economics- 1971
