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GEORGE COMER
Assistant Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Finance, New York University
M.A., Economics, Stanford University
B.A., Economics, University of Chicago

Phone: 202-687-0676

Email Address: gc45@georgetown.edu

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Professor Comer specializes in investments and portfolio management. He is currently conducting research in the area of mutual fund behavior and performance. Professor Comer teaches Business Financial Management at the undergraduate level.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Professor Comer has been on the faculty of the McDonough School of Business since 2001. He has been a member of the PhD Project Finance Doctoral Student Association since 1997. From 1997-2000, he served as a finance instructor in the analyst training program for both JP Morgan.  Currently, he serves as the finance instructor for First Manhattan Consulting Group.  Prior to attending graduate school, he worked as an economic analyst in the budget division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in NYC, and he interned with both the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and McKinsey Consulting.

In 2006, Professor Comer was awarded the Robert E. McDonough School of Business Joseph LeMoine Award for Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Excellence.

For more information, please see Professor Comer’s resume.

RESEARCH:


Research Publications

“Controlling for Fixed Income Exposure in Portfolio Evaluation: Evidence From Hybrid Mutual Funds,” with Norris Larrymore, and Javier Rodriguez, forthcoming Review of Financial Studies

“Hybrid Mutual Funds and Market Timing Performance,” Journal of Business, 2006, Volume 79, No.2.

“Spiders: Where Are The Bugs?” with Edwin Elton, Martin Gruber, and Kai Li, Journal of Business, 2002, Volume 75, No. 3.

Working Papers (available on SSRN)

“On Equity and Fixed Income Investing Styles: A Look at Hybrid Mutual Funds”

“Timing the Investment Grade Securities Market: Evidence from High Quality Bond Funds,” with Vaneesha Boney and Lynne Kelly

“Corporate and Government Bond Funds: An Analysis of Investment Style, Performance, and Cash Flows,” with Javier Rodriguez

"Evaluating Bond Fund Sector Timing Skill”