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University of Sydney

#4,116 worldwide#4,004 in Australia

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4.08/20/2025

Encourages creative and innovative thinking.

4.05/21/2025

Makes learning a joyful experience.

5.03/31/2025

Inspires curiosity and a love for knowledge.

4.02/27/2025

Helps students see the value in learning.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Richard

Richard Gerlach is Professor in the Discipline of Business Analytics at the University of Sydney Business School. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Technology Sydney, a PhD in Statistics from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales, and the Accredited Statistician designation. Gerlach's research interests lie mainly in financial econometrics and time series. His work has concerned developing time series models for measuring, forecasting and managing risk in financial markets. He utilizes computationally intensive Bayesian methods for inference, diagnosis, forecasting and model comparison. Specific contributions include nonlinear threshold heteroskedastic models for volatility, Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall forecasting, structural break and intervention detection tools for state space models, and estimating logit models incorporating misclassification and variable selection.