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About the Authors

Wayne E. Ferson, Ph.D., holds theIvadelle and Theodore JohnsonChair in Banking and Financeat the USC Marshall School ofBusiness and is the former JohnL. Collins Chair in Finance atthe Carroll School of Management at BostonCollege. He is widely known in academic circles,has been published in the best academicjournals, and has served on several prestigiouseditorial boards.

David R. Cari�o, Ph.D., is a researchfellow for Russell Investments.He was the architect ofthe Russell-Yasuda Kasai model,which received a Franz EdelmanAward by The Institute forOperations Research and the ManagementSciences. Cari�o serves on the advisory boardof The Journal of Performance Measurement.

Jon A. Christopherson, Ph.D., isa research fellow for Russell Investments,where he has a solidrecord of intellectual innovation.He has been a member of theeditorial advisory boards of TheJournal of Portfolio Management and The Journal ofInvestment Consulting.
David R. Cari�o, Ph.D., is a researchfellow for Russell Investments.He was the architect ofthe Russell-Yasuda Kasai model,which received a Franz EdelmanAward by The Institute forOperations Research and the ManagementSciences. Cari�o serves on the advisory boardof The Journal of Performance Measurement.
Wayne E. Ferson, Ph.D., holds theIvadelle and Theodore JohnsonChair in Banking and Financeat the USC Marshall School ofBusiness and is the former JohnL. Collins Chair in Finance atthe Carroll School of Management at BostonCollege. He is widely known in academic circles,has been published in the best academicjournals, and has served on several prestigiouseditorial boards.

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