Rich Lyons, Former Dean, Haas School of Business

Teaching

Research Areas

Professor Lyons’ teaching expertise is in international finance. His early research focuses on currency markets, a focus reflected in his recent book The Microstructure Approach to Exchange Rates (MIT Press). This novel approach to exchange rates examines the market from a trading-room perspective, e.g., the flow of buy and sell orders and why those orders subsequently affect prices, rather than from the traditional perspective of macroeconomics. This line of work focuses on how dispersed information gets reflected in prices via trading. He has published many articles in professional journals on these and other related topics. Recently, his research has taken a quite different tack, namely, exploring the links between leadership and innovation in organizations. These links are of strategic importance to the Haas School.

Course Materials

• New Micro class — 15-hour doctoral course: syllabus (.pdf), problem set (.pdf), PowerPoint slides (.ppt), figures and tables (.pdf)
• International Finance class

Faculty Groups and Affiliations

• The Haas School of Business Faculty Finance Group
• Economic Analysis and Policy Group
• Masters in Financial Engineering Program at the Haas School of Business

Contact Information

Rich Lyons
Former Dean, Haas School of Business
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1900
Tel: 510-643-2027
Fax: 510-642-5630
lyons@haas.berkeley.edu

Assistant to the Former Dean:
Marco Lindsey
Tel: 510-643-2027
Fax: 510-642-5630
marco@haas.berkeley.edu