Arvind Krishnamurthy
Bio
Arvind Krishnamurthy is The John S. Osterweis Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He formerly taught at the Kellogg School of Management (1998-2014).
Professor Krishnamurthy studies finance, macroeconomics and monetary policy. He has studied the causes and consequences of liquidity crises in emerging markets and developed economies, and the role of government policy in stabilizing crises. Recently he has been examining the importance of U.S. Treasury bonds and the dollar in the international monetary system. He has published numerous journal articles and received awards for his research, including the Smith Breeden Prize for best paper published in the Journal of Finance, the Western Finance Association Corporate Finance Award, and the Swiss Finance Institute’s Outstanding Paper Award. Professor Krishnamurthy’s research on financial crises and monetary policy has received national media coverage and been cited by central banks around the world. He was formerly an associate editor at the Journal of Finance, American Economics Journals-Macroeconomics, and the American Economic Review. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and his doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Stanford GSB Affiliations
- Faculty Affiliate King Center on Global Development
Stanford University Affiliations
- Senior Fellow Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
- Faculty Affiliate Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies
Academic Degrees
- BS, Economics, BSE, Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1990
- PhD, Financial Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
Academic Appointments
- John S. Osterweis Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2015–present
- Research Associate, NBER Asset Pricing, Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Monetary Economics, and International Finance and Macro Groups
- Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2014–15
- Harold Stuart Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, 2007–14
- Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, 2005–07
- Assistant Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, 1998–2005
Awards and Honors
- Spence Faculty Fellow, 2022–23
- Lacob Family Faculty Fellow, 2015–16
- Smith Breeden Prize, 2008
- Western Finance Association Prize, 2003
- Swiss Finance Institute Outstanding Paper Award, 2012, 2015
- R. Michael Shanahan Faculty Fellow for 2020–21
Service to the Profession
Board Member
- American Finance Association, 2015-2019
Associate Editor
- American Economic Review, 2012-2021
- Journal of Finance, 2008 - 2012
- American Economic Journal - Macroeconomics, 2009 - 2012