Biography

Peter Henry became dean of New York University Stern School of Business in January 2010. He joined NYU Stern from Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he was the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Economics, the John and Cynthia Fry Gunn Faculty Scholar, and Associate Director of the Center for Global Business and the Economy.

The author of numerous articles and book chapters, Dean Henry is best known for a series of publications in the three flagship journals of the American Economic Association that overturn conventional wisdom on the topics of debt relief, international capital flows, and the role of institutions in economic growth.

Dean Henry received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997. While in graduate school, he served as consultant to the Governors of the Bank of Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB). His research at the ECCB contributed to the intellectual foundation for establishing the first stock market in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Area.

Prior to attending MIT, Henry was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University where he received a BA in mathematics. He also holds a BA in economics from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Born in Jamaica, Henry became a U.S. citizen in 1986.

Research Interests

• Emerging markets
• The role of institutions in economic growth
• International capital flows
• Debt relief

Academic Background

Ph.D., Economics, 1997
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.A., Mathematics, 1993
Oxford University

B.A., Economics, 1991
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Selected Publications

Peter B. Henry (2007)
Do Stock Market Liberalizations Cause Investment Booms?
Published by CDDRL Working Papers

Peter B. Henry, Peter Lorentzen (2007)
Domestic Capital Market Reform and Access to Global Finance: Making Markets Work
Published by CDDRL Working Papers, January 2007

Peter B. Henry (2007)
Is Disinflation Good for the Stock Market?
Published by CDDRL Working Papers, January 2007

Peter B. Henry, Anusha Chari (2007)
Risk Sharing and Asset Prices: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Published by CDDRL Working Papers, January 2007

Peter B. Henry (2007)
Capital Account Liberalization: Theory, Evidence, and Speculation
Published by CDDRL Working Papers, January 2007

Peter B. Henry, Serkan Arslanalp (2007)
Is Debt Relief Efficient?
Published by CDDRL Working Papers, January 2007

Peter B. Henry, Anusha Chari (2007)
Firm-Specific Information and the Efficiency of Investment
Published by CDDRL Working Papers, January 2007

Peter B. Henry (2007)
Capital Account Liberalization, the Cost of Capital, and Economic Growth
Published by CDDRL Working Papers, January 2007

Serkan Arslanalp, Peter B. Henry (2005)
Is Debt Relief Efficient?
Published by Journal of Finance, Vol. 60 no. 2, page(s) 1017-1051 2005

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