Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3226
Individuals who call for stronger regulation of futures markets because of well-publicized financial disasters like the bankruptcy of Orange County fail to realize that these markets thrive because they provide an efficient way for companies to reduce risk. Regulations that increase the cost of trading futures could increase risk.
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)
Current Research
- Determinants of risk in the stock market
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
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
Honors and Awards
- U.S. Bank of Washington Faculty Fellow, 1988-1996
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