William Goetzmann
William Goetzmann is an expert on a diverse range of investments, including stocks, hedge funds, real estate, and art. His current research focuses on alternative investing, factor investing, behavioral finance, and the art market. Goetzmann has written and co-authored a number of books. He teaches portfolio management, alternative investments, real estate, and financial history at the Yale School of Management. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business Week, the Economist, Forbes, and Art and Auction.
William Goetzmann Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
-
Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies
-
Assistant Professor
Academic History
-
PhD, Operations Research
-
MBA, Finance, General
-
Bachelors Degree, History of Art and Archaeology
Academic Honors & Awards
- European Financial Management Best Paper Award, 2018
- James R. Vertin Award, CFA Institute Research Foundation, 2018 “for a body of research notable for its relevance and enduring value to investment professionals”
- Jack Treynor Prize awarded by the Q-Group for superior academic working papers with potential applications in the fields of investment management and financial markets, 2018
- Winner of the Graham and Dodd Award for best paper in the Financial Analysts Journal in 2009
- Society for Financial Studies Award for best paper in the Review of Financial Studies, 2007
- Real Estate Academic Initiative Harvard 2005
- INQUIRE grant for research in hedge funds 2005
- Chancellor’s Distinguished Lectureship Series by the Department of Finance in LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 2004
- Real Estate Research Institute Grant, 2004
- Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Grant, 2004
- INQUIRE grant for research in behavioral finance, 2003, with Massimo Massa
- BSI/Gamma Foundation Research Grant, 2002, with Massimo Massa, for Research in mutual funds
- Honorable Mention, The William Sharpe Award for Best Paper (2000). Awarded for the best paper by a vote of the readership of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- The Smith Breeden Distinguished Paper Award (1999). Given to outstanding papers published in The Journal of Finance
- Alumni Teaching Award, Yale School of Management (1998)
- Roger F. Murray, Third Prize, Institute for Quantitative Analysis, (1997)
- Real Estate Research Institute Grant [RERI] (1997)
- AREUEA Best Paper of the Year Award, Real Estate Economics (1997)
- Institute for Quantitative Analysis research grant with Philippe Jorion (1996)
- National Association of Realtors / Leonard Reaume Best International Real Estate Paper Award (1995)
- Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute & Weimar School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate Award to Young Scholars in Real Estate (1994)
- Co-winner, Review of Financial Studies Award for best finance article of the year (1992)
- Research grant from The Futures Center, Columbia Business School (1992)
- Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Prize for Innovation in Investment Management (1992)
- Carr P. Collins Award for the best non-fiction book of the year (1987)
- A. Conger Goodyear Award (1978)
- Bates Traveling Fellowship (1977)