Robert Krainer

Biography

Dr.Robert Krainer is a professor of Finance, Investment, and Banking in the Wisconsin School of Business. His research focuses on business cycles, corporate finance, financial markets, and international trade/finance. He has published articles in the Journal of Finance; Journal of Political Economy; Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; Oxford Economic Papers; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Southern Economic Journal; Canadian Journal of Economics; International Review of Law and Economics; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; and Journal of Financial Stability. Krainer has been on the faculty at the University of Oxford and was a visiting scholar and a Foundation Fellow at the Banque de France. He teaches courses in financial institutions, financial markets, economic activity, and corporate finance. He has been a guest lecturer at many universities including the University of Chicago, Washington University at Saint Louis, Universite Libre de Bruxelle, Norwegian School of Management, City University of London, University of Zurich, Universite de Bourgogne, University of Birmingham (England), DePaul University, University of Urbino, and Bocconi University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1964 and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the department of Economics at Harvard University in 1965.

Research Interest

business cycles, corporate finance, financial markets, and international trade/finance.