Hersh Shefrin

Hersh Shefrin is the Mario L. Belotti Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University. He is one of the pioneers in the behavioral approach to economics and finance. The January 2001 issue of CFO magazine listed him among the academic stars of finance. A 2003 article in the American Economic Review listed him as one of the top fifteen economic theorists to have influenced empirical work. In 2009, his behavioral finance book Beyond Greed and Fear (2000) was recognized by J.P. Morgan Chase as one of the top ten books published since 2000.

Professor Shefrin is regarded as the world’s foremost authority on the importance of incorporating behavioral awareness into the world of finance. Among his other books are Behavioral Risk Management (2015); Behavioralizing Finance (2009); Ending the Management Illusion (2008); Behavioral Corporate Finance(2007); A Behavioral Approach to Asset Pricing (2005). His work with Meir Statman received the William Sharpe Award Best Paper Award for the article “Behavioral Portfolio Theory,” published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and a Graham and Dodd scroll from the Association of Investment Management Research.