George Comer

Professor George Comer has been on the faculty of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business since 2001. His research focuses on the performance and behavior of institutional money managers. Past and current research projects have focused on hybrid mutual funds, exchange traded funds, municipal bond funds, international mutual funds, and unit investment trusts. Professor Comer currently serves on the Georgetown University 403b Investment Advisory Committee. He also serves as a faculty advisor for the undergraduate SmartStart and BUILD programs. In addition, Professor Comer has been a member of the PhD Project Finance Doctoral Student Association since its inception and currently serves as a faculty advisor for the organization. Professor Comer's past nonacademic work experience include the following: 1) chief academic officer/consultant for MutualDecision.com, 2) financial analyst for the finance and budget division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in NYC, and 3) intern with the domestic research and foreign research groups of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has also taught in the analyst training program for JP Morgan Chase and currently serves as the finance instructor for the training program at First Manhattan Consulting Group. Professor Comer was awarded both the Robert E. McDonough School of Business Joseph LeMoine Award for Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Excellence (2006) and the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Professor of the Year Student Choice Award (2016).

Education

• New York University - Ph.D.
• Stanford University - M.A.
• University of Chicago - B.A.

Publications

Articles in Journals (7) George Comer, Javier Rodriguez. "An Empirical Analysis of the Wall Street Journal's SmartMoney Fund Screen." Journal of Economics and Finance, 40, 2 (2016): 380-401.

George Comer, Javier Rodriguez. "A Comparison of Corporate Versus Government Bond Funds." Journal of Economics and Finance, 37, 4 (2013): 495-510.

George Comer, Norris Larrymore, and Javier Rodriguez. "Controlling for Fixed Income Exposure in Portfolio Evaluation: Evidence from Hybrid Mutual Funds." Review of Financial Studies, 22, 2 (2009): 481-507.

George Comer, Norris Larrymore, and Javier Rodriguez. "Measuring the Value of Active Fund Management: The Case of Hybrid Funds." Managerial Finance, 35, 1 (2009): 63-77.

Vannesha Boney, George Comer, and Lynne Kelly. "Timing the Investment Grade Securities Market: Evidence from High Quality Bond Funds." Journal of Empirical Finance, 16, 1 (2009): 55-69.

George Comer. "Hybrid Mutual Funds and Market Timing Performance." Journal of Business, 79, 2 (2006): 771-797.

George Comer, Edwin Elton, Martin Gruber, Kai Li. "Spiders: Where Are The Bugs?." Journal of Business, 75, 3 (2002): 453-472.