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Karen K. Lewis
Joseph and Ida Sondheimer Professor in International Economics and Finance


Education

PhD, University of Chicago, 1985; MA, University of Chicago, 1982; BA, University of Oklahoma, 1979

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1991-present(co-director, Weiss Center for International Financial Research, 2007-present; named Joseph and Ida Sondheimer Professor of International Economics and Finance, 1999). Previous appointment: New York University

Other Positions

National Bureau of Economic Research 1989-90; International Finance Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1987, 1991, 1995; First National Bank of Chicago, 1981-82.

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Publications
Karen K. Lewis, Global Asset Pricing, Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol 3: 435-66, 2011
Karen K. Lewis, Peso Problem, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance,, 2007
Karen K. Lewis, What Can Explain the Apparent Lack of International Consumption Risk-sharing?, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 104, no. 2 : 267-297, reprinted in International Financial Integration (Edward Elgar), 2003
Karen K. Lewis, Why Do Stocks and Consumption Suggest Such Different Gains from International Risk-Sharing?, Journal of International Economics, Vol. 52: 1-35, 2000
Karen K. Lewis, Trying to Explain Home Bias in Equities and Consumption, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 37: 571-608, 1999

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Current Research
Bernard Dumas, Karen K. Lewis, Emilio Osambela, Differences of Opinion and International Equity Markets
Karen K. Lewis, Edith Liu, International Consumption Risk is Shared Afterall: An Asset Return View
Fabio Ghironi, Karen K. Lewis, Equity Sales and Manager Efficiency across Firms and the Business Cycle
Karen K. Lewis, Sandy Lai, Are the Gains from Foreign Diversification Diminishing? Assessing the Impact with Cross-listed Stocks

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Lewis K. Karen
Karen K. Lewis
 2446 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-7637
lewisk@wharton.upenn.edu

Research Interests:
International finance, asset pricing