Donald B. Keim

Donald B. Keim
  • John B. Neff Professor Emeritus of Finance

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    3253 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
    3620 Locust Walk
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

Research Interests: asset pricing, behavior of institutional investors with respect to trading, stock holdings, and corporate governance; the investment choices of participants in defined contribution pension plans, risks and returns of stock market based real estate investments

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Overview

Education

PhD, University of Chicago, 1983; MBA, University of Chicago, 1980; BSBA, Bucknell University, 1975

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Trefftz Award, Western Finance Association, 1982; Roger F. Murray Prize, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1996; Graham & Dodd Award, Financial Analysts Federation, 1987, 1999; New York Stock Exchange Award, Western Finance Association, 1996; Investor Responsibility Research Center Award, 2015

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1982-present (named John B. Neff Professor of Finance, 1998). Previous appointment: Loyola University of Chicago. Visiting appointment: INSEAD, France, 1994, 1996-98; 2004

Other Positions

Research Associate, Research Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1978.

Professional Leadership 2005-2009

Associate Editor, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1193-2000; Co-Editor, European Finance Review,1999-2003; Member, Best Execution Task Force, Association for Investment Management and Research, 2001-2002

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Awards and Honors

  • Investor Responsibility Research Center Award, 2015

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Donald B. Keim and Olivia S. Mitchell (2018), Simplifying Choices in Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Design, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance.
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