Biography
Jeffrey Busse joined Emory University and Goizueta Business School in 1998. His research focuses on investments, with an emphasis on mutual funds. Jeff received his Ph.D. from New York University, where he was an instructor from 1996-1998. Jeff has worked for Ford Motor Company, American Express, and Honeywell.

Publications

• Performance and Persistence in Institutional Investment Management, with Amit Goyal and Sunil Wahal, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
• Bayesian Alphas and Mutual Fund Persistence, with Paul J. Irvine, Journal of Finance, 2006
• Tick Size and Institutional Trading Costs: Evidence from Mutual Funds, with Nicolas P.B. Bollen, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2006
• Short-Term Persistence in Mutual Fund Performance, with Nicolas P.B. Bollen, Review of Financial Studies, 2005
• Are Investors Rational? Choices Among Index Funds, with Edwin J. Elton and Martin J. Gruber, Journal of Finance, 2004
• Market Efficiency in Real Time, with T. Clifton Green, Journal of Financial Economics, 2002
• On the Timing Ability of Mutual Fund Managers, with Nicolas P.B. Bollen, Journal of Finance, 2001
• Another Look at Mutual Fund Tournaments, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2001
• Volatility Timing in Mutual Funds: Evidence from Daily Returns, Review of Financial Studies, 1999
• Do Investors Care about Sentiment?, with Edwin J. Elton and Martin J. Gruber, Journal of Business, 1998

Areas of Specialization

• Investments
• Mutual Funds
• Hedge Funds
  

Achievements and Honors

• Alumni Award for Excellence in Research, Goizueta Business School, 2002
• Trefftz Award for Best Student Paper at the Western Finance Association Meetings, 1998
• American Association of Individual Investors/Financial Management Association Completed Dissertation Award, 1998

Academic Background
Ph.D., Finance, New York University, 1998
M.B.A., Finance, University of Chicago, 1992
B.S., Electrical Engineering (minor in Mathematics), University of Minnesota, 1987