Scholarship and Biography

A specialist in high-technology finance, Blake LeBaron's research deals with domestic and international financial markets. He is involved in empirical and theoretical studies of asset market behavior. The latter area involves building "artificial stock markets" with simulated computer traders. He teaches courses in risk management and forecasting. A former faculty member at the University of Wisconsin, he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

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Honors

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (United States, Madison) - WARF, 1990
National Science Foundation (United States, Arlington) - NSF, 1991-1992
Villas Associate
University of Wisconsin–Madison (United States, Madison) - UW, 1994-1996
Sloan Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (United States, New York), 1994-1996
Mike Epstein Award
Chartered Market Technicians Association Educational Foundation, 2014

Organizational Affiliations

Abram L. and Thelma Sachar Professor of International Economics in the Brandeis International Business School, Brandeis International Business School, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Department of Economics, Brandeis University

Education

University of Chicago
Ph.D.
University of Chicago
M.A.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S.