Caroline Fohlin

Caroline Fohlin is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University, affiliated with Emory College. Her work focuses on the historical dimensions of finance, banking, and corporate governance, with a particular emphasis on Germany, the United States, and other late-industrializing economies.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, University of California, Berkeley (1994)
• BS (magna cum laude) in Mathematics and Quantitative Economics, Tufts University (1988)

Research Interests:

• Economic, Financial, and Business History
• Financial Market Microstructure
• Venture Capital and Innovation
• Corporate Finance and Governance

Her research explores long-term structural changes in financial systems, their impact on economic growth, and comparative institutional frameworks. She has investigated banking systems in pre-World War I Germany and the US, the evolution of corporate governance, and the role of liquidity in historical market crises.

Advising & Grants: Caroline Fohlin’s advising history is not explicitly noted in the provided texts. She has contributed to academic refereeing (e.g., Journal of Financial Intermediation in 2007) and edited major works like Handbook of Cliometrics and The Oxford Handbook of Banking and Financial History.