Regular biography
Andrei Shleifer is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University, affiliated with the Department of Economics. His research spans comparative corporate governance, law and finance, behavioral finance, and institutional economics. He has authored six books, including The Grabbing Hand and Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance, as well as over a hundred articles. Shleifer has been recognized as the most cited economist in the world according to RePEc. He is an Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics and a fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Finance Association. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. from MIT. Before joining Harvard in 1991, he taught at Princeton and the Chicago Business School.
Scholar-generated biography
Andrei Shleifer is a scholar whose research focuses on corporate governance, legal determinants of finance, and investor protection. His work explores how legal frameworks influence corporate control, ownership structures, and market valuations. Shleifer investigates the role of institutional quality, corruption, and legal systems in shaping financial markets and economic growth. He also examines the behavior of noise traders, the limits of arbitrage, and the impact of political influences on firms. His research highlights the interplay between law, finance, and economic development, with a particular emphasis on the quality of governance and its implications for corporate and market outcomes.