The Charles Simon Professor of Applied Financial Economics |
44 West 4th Street New York, N.Y. 100012-0021 |
The Sidney HomerDirector New York University Salomon Center Stern School of Business New York University |
Telephone: (212) 998-0707 Fax: (212) 995-4220 Email: iwalter@stern.nyu.edu |
PERSONAL: Born 11 April, 1940 Kiel, Germany Married, two children Citizenship, United States |
Education * Academic Experience * Visiting Appointments * Professional Affiliations * Honors * Publications * Special Projects
A.B. Economics (summa cum laude) Lehigh University, 1962
M.S. Business Economics Lehigh University, 1963
Ph.D. Economics New York University, 1966
Visiting Research Fellow, International Institute of Management,
Berlin, Germany, summer 1974.
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leicester, England, summer
1975.
Visiting Research Fellow, International Institute for Environment
and Society, Berlin, Germany, summer 1975.
Visiting Professor, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, summer 1977.
Visiting Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany, summer terms
1978, 1981, and 1984 (sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungs gemeinschaft).
Visiting Scholar, Graduate Institute of International Studies,
University of Geneva, summer 1979.
ShortTerm American Grantee, Department of State Educational and
Cultural Exchange Program, 1973 (Europe); 1975 and 1977 (Latin
America); 1973, 1976, 1980 and 1981 (Asia).
Visiting Faculty Member, Pacific Rim Bankers' Program, University
of Washington, Seattle, annually since 1982.
Visiting Professor, Institut fuer Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, annually
since 1985.
Visiting Professor, University of Zurich, Fall 1992.
Insead, Fontainebleau, France (non-faculty consulting appointment):
American Economic Association
American Finance Association
Academy of International Business
Association for Environmental and Resource Economics
Royal Economic Society
Southern Economic Association
A.B. Summa cum Laude, Lehigh University, 1962
Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary society
Beta Gamma Sigma, national business administration honorary society
Omicron Delta Epsilon, national economics honorary society
H.B. Earhart Foundation Fellowship in Economics, 1962-1963
Union Bank and Trust Company Fellowship in Business Administration,
1962-1963
Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Economic Growth, 1963-1964
and 1964-1965
Ford Foundation Research Grant on Environmental Economics, 1972-1973
Ford Foundation Conference Grant, 1974
Rockefeller Foundation Research Grants, 1974, 1975 and 1978
Rockefeller Foundation Conference Grants, 1976 and 1982
National Science Foundation Grant on Technology Transfer (with
others), 1975-1976
Alcoa Foundation Research Grants, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980
Volkswagenwerk Foundation Conference Grant, 1978
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Grants, 1978, 1981 and
1984
Excellence in Teaching Awards, New York University, 1982, 1985,
1992, INSEAD, 1989.
Fellow, Academy of International Business, 1988
Bernhard Harms Medal, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Universität
Kiel, 1992
Elected to Financial Economists Round Table, 1996.
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