Robert L. Kimmel. Education

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1 Robert L. Kimmel Visiting Associate Professor 15 Kent Ridge Drive #07-62 National University of Singapore Singapore Department of Finance NUS Business School Education Ph.D. University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, concentration in finance, Dissertation: Modeling the Term Structure of Interest Rates: A New Approach. Other M.B.A., University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, concentrations in Analytic Finance and Econometrics. M.S., Computer Science, Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, concentration in computer networks. B.S.E., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science. Academic Positions Visiting Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Finance, 2012 present. Affiliated Researcher, Risk Management Institute, National University of Singapore, 2012 present. Professor, EDHEC Business School, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, Assistant Professor, Princeton University, Department of Economics and Bendheim Center for Finance, Page 1 of 5

2 Instructor, Princeton University, Department of Economics and Bendheim Center for Finance, Publications Estimating Affine Multifactor Term Structure Models Using Closed-Form Likelihood Expansions, Journal of Financial Economics (with Yacine Aït-Sahalia), Develops and evaluates a new method for estimation of affine multifactor term structure models, and uses that method to document some new empirical findings and to perform model selection tests. A Note on the Canonical Representation of Affine Diffusions, Mathematical Finance (with Patrick Cheridito and Damir Filipović), Shows that multifactor affine asset pricing models commonly used in the literature are unnecessarily restrictive, and develops more general class of models. Market Price of Risk Specifications for Affine Models: Theory and Evidence, Journal of Financial Economics (with Patrick Cheridito and Damir Filipović), Shows that a market price of risk specification for affine models previously thought to be inconsistent with absence of arbitrage, is in fact admissible, estimates several term structure models using the new specification, and documents several new empirical facts. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Stochastic Volatility Models, Journal of Financial Economics (with Yacine Aït-Sahalia), Develops and implements new technique for estimation of stochastic volatility models, and evaluates fit of several models to equity index option data. Modeling the Term Structure of Interest Rates: A New Approach, Journal of Financial Economics, Develops a new type of term structure model that has greater flexibility modeling volatility than extant specifications, but which is still consistent with tractable pricing of derivative securities. Working Papers Asset Pricing and Conditional Moments under Non-Linear Diffusions, Develops a method to determine bond prices under non-affine models, making estimation of such models feasible. The Pricing Problem in Non-Linear Models, Develops time transformation methods that greatly increase accuracy of bond prices calculated under non-affine models (complementary to Asset Pricing and Conditional Moments under Non-Linear Diffusions). Asset Prices and Conditional Moments in Multifactor Non-Affine Models, Multifactor extension of the methods of Asset Pricing and Conditional Moments under Non- Linear Diffusions and The Pricing Problem in Non-Linear Models. On Estimation of Risk Premia in Linear Factor Models (with Kewei Hou), Page 2 of 5

3 Identifies several issues of econometrics and of interpretation in methods used to estimate risk premia of linear factor models, showing that extant methods can produce misleading results, and develops improved alternative methods. Bond Pricing in Non-Affine Term Structure Models, Empirical application of the methods of Asset Pricing and Conditional Moments under Non-Linear Diffusions and The Pricing Problem in Non-Linear Models. Affine Latent Variable Models: Evidence and Estimation Techniques, Develops methods of estimation of term structure models from Modeling the Term Structure of Interest Rates: A New Approach, and documents several new empirical facts. Work in Progress General non-affine Conditional Moment and Asset Pricing Problems. Extension of the methods of Asset Pricing and Conditional Moments under Non-Linear Diffusions and The Pricing Problem in Non-Linear Models to a more general class of models. Higher Order Simulated Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Diffusions (with Jaya Bishwal). Develops a method of estimation of the parameters of a diffusion process with desirable small-sample properties. Optimal Tests of Models for Expected Returns (with Kewei Hou). Develops tests for asset pricing models that do not require aggregation of test assets into portfolios. Statistical Inference Using Maximum Correlation Portfolios (with Cesare Robotti). Estimating and testing methods for asset pricing models with non-traded factors, that are robust to missspecification. Teaching Experience Visiting Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, Department of Finance. BMA 5308, Fixed Income Securities (Planned, Spring 2013). MBA course on fixed income securities and risk management.. FIN 3131, Fixed Income Securities (Planned, Spring 2013). Undergraduate course on fixed income securities and risk management.. Professor, EDHEC Business School. Finance 800, Financial Economics (Spring-Summer 2011, Singapore Campus, Spring- Summer 2012, Singapore Campus). PhD course on theoretical asset pricing. Empirical Finance (Spring-Summer 2011, Singapore and London Campuses, Spring- Summer 2012, Singapore and London Campuses). EMSc and MSc course on empirical asset pricing topics. Page 3 of 5

4 Research Methodologies in Finance (Winter-Spring , Singapore and London Campuses). MSc course on methods for conducting theoretical and empirical research. Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, Finance Department. Business Finance 722, Investment Management (Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009). Undergraduate course on basics of asset pricing and investment management. Business Finance 835, Financial Engineering (Spring 2008, Spring 2009). MBA course on use of derivatives and other financial instruments to meet specific investment/hedging objectives. Business Finance 920, Theory of Finance (Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009). PhD course on modern asset pricing theory in discrete and continuous time. Assistant Professor, Princeton University, Department of Economics. Economics 415/Economics 591/Finance 515, Portfolio Theory and Asset Management (Spring 2002). Advanced undergraduate and master-level course on asset pricing and investment management. Economics 421/Economics 466/Finance 521, Fixed Income: Models and Applications (Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006). Advanced undergraduate and master-level course on fixed income markets, interest rate models, and pricing and hedging techniques. Economics 579/FIN 502, Corporate Finance and Financial Accounting (Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006). Master-level course on theory and practice of corporate finance. Instructor, Princeton University, Department of Economics. Economics 333, The Development and Use of Accounting Data (Spring 2001). Undergraduate course on financial accounting. Under- Economics 415, Portfolio Theory and Asset Management (Spring 2001). graduate version of Economics 415/Economics 591/Finance 515. Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Investments (Chicago and Barcelona programs) ( ). Financial Instruments (1998). Futures, Forwards, Options, and Swaps (1997). Financial Engineering ( ). Empirical Methods in Financial Economics (1998). Assistant, Estimating Continuous-Time Models of the Interest Rate, International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, Page 4 of 5

5 Administrative Responsibilities Fellow, Mathey College, Princeton University Academic Advisor, Mathey College, Princeton University, Responsible for academic advising of approximately twenty freshman and sophomores each year. Finance Certificate Program Representative, Princeton University, Responsible for administration of undergraduate certificate program in finance. Member Finance Department Executive Committee, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Assistant Academic Director, PhD Programme in Finance, Asia, EDHEC-Risk Institute, Other Conference/seminar presentations of invited and contributed papers, including the Western Finance Association Meetings, the Econometric Society Winter Meetings, the Econometric Society Summer Meetings, CIRANO/CIREQ Financial Econometrics conferences, the Financial Engineering/Risk Management (FERM) Conference series, the Far Eastern Econometric Society meetings, the European Meeting of Statisticians, the Canadian Mathematical Society Meetings, Princeton University, The Ohio State University, the University of Connecticut, Duke University, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, City University of Hong Kong, Peking University, University of Toronto, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, the Triangle Econometrics Workshop, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Bachelier Society Meetings, the University of Montreal, Mannheim University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Western Australia, the University of Houston, the Quantitative Methods in Finance conference, the China International Conference in Finance, Lehman Brothers, and the Chinese Academy of Science. Referee for journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Financial Econometrics, the Econometrics Journal, the Journal of Empirical Finance, the Annals of Finance, the Econometric Journal, Quantitative Finance, the Journal of Probability, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Annals of Operations Research, Annals of Economics and Statistics, Applied Mathematical Finance, the Handbook of Financial Econometrics, the Journal of Applied Econometrics, the Journal of Futures Markets, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and Journal of the American Statistical Association. Citizenship Ireland. Singapore permanent resident. Languages English (native), German (Zertifikat Deutsch, 2005, B1 level in CEFR). Some Russian. Page 5 of 5