Seth Pruitt

Associate Professor,

Department of Finance

BAC 518 Tempe, AZ 85287
Mail code: 3906

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Seth Pruitt is an associate professor in the Department of Finance at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Prior to this, he was senior economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of California, San Diego in 2008. His research focuses on asset pricing, macroeconomics, and econometrics and has been published in leading journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, and Journal of Financial Economics. His awards include: 2019 Best Paper in JFE, Fama/DFA (First Prize); 2016 Best Paper in JFE, Fama/DFA (First Prize); 2012 AQR Insight Award (First Prize).

Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of California-San Diego 2008
M.A. University of California-San Diego 2005
B.A. University of Arizona 2002

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Asset Pricing
Macroeconomics
Econometrics

Courses

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II
FIN 783	Empirical Asset Pricing

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 509	Quantitative Methods Fin I
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II
FIN 509	Quantitative Methods Fin I
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 783	Empirical Asset Pricing
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 783	Empirical Asset Pricing
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 494	Special Topics
FIN 783	Empirical Asset Pricing
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 535	Quantitative Methods Fin II
FIN 509	Quantitative Methods Fin I

Work History

Arizona State University, 2014-present. Previous Appointments: Federal Reserve Board: Senior Economist, 2013-2014, Economist, 2008-2013; Adjunct Assistant Professor: Johns Hopkins University, 2010-2011, Georgetown University, 2009-2010

Expertise Areas

Asset Pricing

Econometrics

Macroeconomics