Frank Milne (born 1946) is an Australian and Canadian economist and financial theorist. He is currently BMO Professor of Economics and Finance in the Economics Dept., Queen's University, Canada. Milne's research interests and contributions have included theoretical analysis of financial security pricing; analysis of financial stability in banking systems;

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systems; and the analysis of corporate and non-profit governance structures.

Early life

Milne was born in

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in 1946. He went to

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and studied

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, receiving a B.Econ (Hons) in 1968, and a M.Econ in 1970. He received his PhD at the

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in 1975, where he taught in the Department of Economics for many years, latterly as

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in Economics.

Career

He has held academic positions at the

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, and the

, and has lectured at

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, the

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, University of Paris, and many other universities around the world. He has consulted widely in the private and public sectors in Australia, Canada and the U.K. He has been a consultant at the

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; and in 2008 and 2009 was a Special Advisor to the

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External links

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Webpage at the Department of Economic, Queen's University

References

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