Geert Bekaert is a Belgian economist. He is a professor at

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and the managing editor of the ''

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Biography

Bekaert received his B.A. from Ghent University and Ph.D. from

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under Robert J. Hodrick. He began his academic career at the

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before joining the faculty of

in 1999. He held the

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Professorship of Finance and Economics until 2019. Bekaert's research focused on international finance and foreign exchange market efficiency. Bekaert is the co-recipient of a

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in 2012 from the '' Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis''. He has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1999.

References

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