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Richard Robb
International Affairs Building, Room 1311
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in International Finance, SIPA
Phone: 212-854-4966
rr2043@columbia.edu
Biography:
Associate Professor Richard Robb teaches courses in microeconomics, economic foundations of capital markets and international finance. In addition, he is CEO of Christofferson, Robb and Company, a New York and London-based hedge fund management company that invests in structured credit and renewable energy assets in Europe and emerging markets. Prior to arriving at SIPA in 2001, he was the global head of the derivatives and securities subsidiaries of the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd.
Professor Robb holds a BA from Duke University (1981) and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago (1985). His publications include "Testing the Mixture of Exponential Hypothesis and Estimating the Mixing Distribution by the Method of Moments," with James. Heckman and J. R. Walker in Journal of the American Statistical Association (1990) and "Alternative Methods for Evaluating the Impact of Interventions: An Overview" with James. Heckman in Journal of Econometrics (1985).
Research Interests: Capital Markets; Price Theory