NBER profile: John R. Graham.

John Graham is a Research Associate in the NBER's Corporate Finance Program and a professor of Finance at Duke University. He is also faculty co-director of Duke's Center for Financial Excellence.

Graham received his bachelor's degree in math and economics at the College of William and Mary in 1983, his Masters of economics at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1988, and his Ph.D. in finance at Duke University in 1994. Prior to joining the faculty at Duke, he taught at the University of Utah and worked as a senior economist at Virginia Power.

Graham's research focuses primarily on corporate finance issues including the choice of capital structure, payout policy, risk management, corporate diversification, taxes, and compensation. He is co-author of a textbook, Corporate Finance: Linking Theory to What...

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