Anthony F. Herbst is Professor of Finance and holds the
Charles R. and Dorothy S. Carter Chair at the University of Texas,
El Paso. Prior to earning a Ph. D. in Economics at Purdue
University, he was manager of operations research for the National
Bank of Detroit, and previously had held positions as an industrial
engineer for Koppers Corporation and Ford Motor Company.
From 1982 through 1998 he served as founding editor of the
Journal of Financial Engineering (now merged with the
Journal of Derivatives), where he is now an associate
editor. He is also a member of the editorial boards for the
Journal of Financial Research and The Global Finance
Journal, and advisor on the editorial board of the Journal of
Taxation of Financial Institutions. He is the author of several
books including Analyzing and Forecasting Futures Prices
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)