Douglas W. Diamond

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Douglas W. Diamond is the Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

He specializes in the study of financial intermediaries, financial crises, and liquidity. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Finance Association. He was also president of the American Finance Association and the Western Finance Association. He received the Onassis Prize in Finance in 2018, the CME Group-Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications in 2016, and the Morgan Stanley-American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Finance in 2012.

Douglas W. Diamond

  • Title: Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Chicago Booth
  • Education: AB, Brown University; MA, MPhil, PhD, all from Yale University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 1979
  • douglas.diamond@chicagobooth.edu

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In Nobel lecture, Douglas W. Diamond recounts his groundbreaking career Douglas Diamond delivers lecture at the Nobel Foundation in Sweden

In Nobel lecture, Douglas W. Diamond recounts his groundbreaking career

UChicago economist explores research that earned him the field’s top prize

Prof. Douglas Diamond’s journey to the Nobel Prize Douglas Diamond

Prof. Douglas Diamond’s journey to the Nobel Prize

Renowned economist reflects on 40-plus-year career at UChicago, looks ahead to Nobel week in Stockholm

A look back at Prof. Douglas Diamond's Nobel-winning day

A look back at Prof. Douglas Diamond's Nobel-winning day

Prof. Douglas W. Diamond 2022 Nobel Prize News Conference

Prof. Douglas W. Diamond 2022 Nobel Prize News Conference

Bernanke, two other Americans win Nobel Prize in economics

Bernanke, two other Americans win Nobel Prize in economics

<p>Bernanke, two other Americans win Nobel Prize in economics</p>


Three economists win for work on the role banks play during financial turmoil

Three economists win for work on the role banks play during financial turmoil

<p>Three economists win for work on the role banks play during financial turmoil</p>


Douglas Diamond wins Nobel Prize for research on banks and financial crises Douglas Diamond reacts to Nobel Prize

Douglas Diamond wins Nobel Prize for research on banks and financial crises

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored Diamond, the Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and two other economists for improving “our understanding of the role of banks in the economy, particularly during financial crises.” His pioneering research has changed the way people view banks and laid the groundwork for how central bankers, regulators, policymakers and academics approach modern finance.

Prof. Douglas Diamond reacts to winning Nobel Prize

Prof. Douglas Diamond reacts to winning Nobel Prize

Seeds for new financial crisis &#039;being planted&#039;, warns economist Douglas Diamond

Seeds for new financial crisis 'being planted', warns economist Douglas Diamond

Prof. Douglas Diamond explains risk of new financial crisis


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