Peter Bossaerts

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Peter L. Bossaerts (10 January 1960 in Belgium) is a Belgian-American economist. He is considered one of
the pioneers and leading researchers in neuroeconomy.[1][2]

Life
Peter Bossaerts grew up in Belgium and studied at the Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (today
University of Antwerp) from 1977 to 1982, where he obtained a PhD in applied economics. After completing a
master program in statistics at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, he earned a Ph.D. at University of California in
Financial Management.

He began his academic career as a research associate at Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked as an
assistant professor for finance from 1986 to 1990. He then joined the California Institute of Technology as an
assistant professor and became an associate professor in 1994, before being appointed as Dean. From 2002 to
2007, he was full professor at the Swiss Finance Institute for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Lausanne. Since 2014, he is Professor of Experimental Finance and Decision Neuroscience at the University of
Melbourne (Australia).

Peter Bossaerts is one of the greatest experts on empirical finance.[1] He published numerous scientific articles
in well-known trade journals such as Econometrica, Journal of Finance , Journal of Financial Economics or
Review of Financial Studies . He summarized his research findings and scientific contributions in the 2002
book "The Paradox of Asset Pricing".

Peter Bossaerts is married and father of two children.

References
1. Ein Dekan des California Institute of Technology (Caltech) kommt nach Lausanne (http://actualites.epf
l.ch/presseinfo-com?id=471), Eidgenssische Technische Hochschule Lausanne, 4. Juli 2007
2. Im Anleger-Hirn (http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/startseite/maerkte_und_meinungen_1.596737.html),
Neue Zrcher Zeitung, 10. Dezember 2007

External links
Resume (PDF; 202 & nbsp; kB) on the website of the California Institute of Technology
Resume on the webpage of INSEAD

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