Scott Weisbenner

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Scott Weisbenner
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Scott Weisbenner was[ citation needed ] an American economist, focusing on household portfolio decisions and the financial and operational decisions made by corporate executives and other institutional managers. He was the William G. Karnes Professor of Finance for the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois [1] and before that, the A.J. Pasant Professor of Finance at Michigan State University. [1]

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He received his BA in economics and mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995, and received his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1999. [1] While at MIT, he was classmates with Jeffrey Brown, his future colleague and current dean of the Gies College of Business. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scott Weisbenner – William G. Karnes Professor in Mergers and Acquisitions". Gies College of Business. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. Byrne, John (December 7, 2021). "Dean Of The Year: Jeffrey Brown Of Gies College Of Business". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  3. Webber, David H. (2012). "The Plight of the Individual Investor". Northwestern University Law Review. 106: 178. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  4. Dimmock, Stephen G.; Huang, Jiekun; Weisbenner, Scott J. (September 1, 2022). "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-Skilled Labor: H-1B Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success". Management Science. 68 (9): 6950–6970. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2021.4152. ISSN   0025-1909.