Max J. Miller
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Max Miller is an Assistant Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. His research lies at the intersection of finance, macroeconomics, and political economy, aiming to combine insights from asset pricing to improve our understanding of public policy and political institutions. His work focuses on the interplay between political institutions and financial markets, the role that financial market and macroeconomic conditions play in generating wealth inequality, and the importance of political connections for foreign countries and firms in the United States.
Professor Miller holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Wharton School and a B.B.A. in Finance from Emory University's Goizueta Business School. During the penultimate year of his doctoral studies, he worked as an economist at the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Office of the Chief Economist within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis. Prior to his doctoral studies, he served as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the Flow of Funds section.
Max Miller is an Assistant Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. His research lies at the intersection of finance, macroeconomics, and political economy, aiming to combine insights from asset pricing to improve our understanding of public policy and political institutions. His work focuses on the interplay between political institutions and financial markets, the role that financial market and macroeconomic conditions play in generating wealth inequality, and the importance of political connections for foreign countries and firms in the United States.
Professor Miller holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Wharton School and a B.B.A. in Finance from Emory University's Goizueta Business School. During the penultimate year of his doctoral studies, he worked as an economist at the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Office of the Chief Economist within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis. Prior to his doctoral studies, he served as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the Flow of Funds section.
- Journal Articles
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- Berk, Jonathan B., Jules van Binsbergen, and Max Miller. "Mutual Funds: Skill and Performance." Journal of Portfolio Management 46, no. 5 (2020): 17–31. View Details
- Catherine, Sylvain, Max Miller, and Natasha Sarin. "Relaxing Household Liquidity Constraints Through Social Security." Art. 104243. Journal of Public Economics 189 (September 2020). View Details
- Catherine, Sylvain, Max Miller, and Natasha Sarin. "Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality." Journal of Finance (forthcoming). View Details
- Working Papers
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- Miller, Max, Marco Grotteria, and S Lakshmi Naaraayanan. "Foreign Influence in U.S. Politics." Working Paper, September 2023. View Details
- Catherine, Sylvain, Max Miller, James Paron, and Natasha Sarin. "Interest-Rate Risk and Household Portfolios." Working Paper, October 2023. (Reject and Resubmit, American Economic Review.) View Details
- Miller, Max, James Paron, and Jessica Wachter. "Sovereign Default and the Decline in Interest Rates." Working Paper, June 2023. (Revise and Resubmit, Review of Financial Studies.) View Details
- Miller, Max. "Who Values Democracy?" Working Paper, February 2024. (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy.) View Details
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