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G. William "Bill" Schwert is a retired[ citation needed ] University of Rochester Simon Business School finance professor, [1] and was the managing editor of the Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) from 1995 to 2021,[ citation needed ] after previously serving as one of several editors. [1]
Schwert graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1971 and earned a PhD in financial economics from what is now the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1975. [2] Aside from one year as an assistant professor at Chicago, he spent his entire career at Rochester's Simon School before being granted professor emeritus status in 2021.[ citation needed ] In 1998, he was named Distinguished University Professor of Finance and Statistics. [2] In 2009, he was named a Fellow of the Financial Management Association [1] and in 2019 he was named a Fellow of the American Finance Association. [3]
As a researcher, Schwert's most influential publications, as measured by the number of citations listed at Google Scholar, concern the volatility of stock market prices. On Google Scholar, he has over 42,000 citations. [4] His articles include: