Maureen O'Hara | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American Irish |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management (Ph.D.) Northwestern University (M.A.) University of Illinois (B.S.) |
| Known for | Market microstructure |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Financial economics |
| Institutions | Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University (1979–) |
Maureen Patricia O'Hara is an American financial economist. O'Hara is the Robert W. Purcell Professor of Management, a professor of finance, and acting director in Graduate Studies at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She has won numerous awards and grants for her research, served on numerous boards, served as an editor for numerous finance journals, and chaired the dissertations of numerous students. In addition, she is well known as the author of Market Microstructure Theory. She was the first female president of the American Finance Association. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from three European universities.