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Peter Frost
Professor Emeritus of Finance and Business Economics

Education

  • PhD University of California, Los Angeles (1966)
  • MA University of California, Los Angeles (1961)
  • BA Occidental College (1959)

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 1969
Visiting professor at the University of Virginia, 1974
Assistant professor at Carnegie-Mellon University, 1964-1969

Honors and Awards

U.S. Bank of Washington Faculty Fellow, 1988-1996

Academic Department

Finance & Business Economics

Academic Service

Director of the Doctoral Program, 1990-1996
Chairman of the Department of Finance and Business Economics, 1981-1990
Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1987-1989

Current Research

Determinants of risk in the stock market

Consulting

Gulf Oil Company, capital budgeting manual Weyerhaeuser, analysis of an investment strategy Office of the Attorney General, State of Washington, witness on banking regulations