Allen, Franklin 1956-
Allen, Franklin 1956
PERSONAL: Born March 6, 1956, in Amersham, England; son of Harry C. (a professor) and Mary K. (a homemaker; maiden name, Andrews) Allen; married Sally E. Riley, July 9, 1977; children: James F., Toby T. Education: University of East Anglia, B.A., 1977; Oxford University, M.Phil., 1979, D.Phil., 1980.
ADDRESSES: Home—929 Merion Square Rd., Gladwyne, PA 19035. Office—Department of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, assistant professor, 1980-86, associate professor, 1986-90, professor of economics, 1990-, Nippon Life Professor of Finance, 1994-.
WRITINGS:
(With Douglas Gale) Financial Innovation and Risk Sharing, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 1994.
(With Douglas Gale) Comparing Financial Systems, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 2000.
Understanding Financial Crises, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), in press.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
ONLINE
Franklin Allen Home Page, http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/∼allenf (October 17, 2004).