Scott Weisbenner

Scott Weisbenner was an American economist, focusing on household portfolio decisions and the financial and operational decisions made by corporate executives and other institutional managers.[1] He was the William G. Karnes Professor of Finance for the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois[2] and before that, the A.J. Pasant Professor of Finance at Michigan State University.[2]

Scott Weisbenner
Died(2022-09-29)September 29, 2022
Academic career
Institutions
Alma mater

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.[2] While at MIT, he was classmates with Jeffrey Brown, his future colleague and current dean of the Gies College of Business.[3]

Selected works
  • Zoran Ivokovic, Clemens Sialm, Scott Weisbenner, "Portfolio Concentration and the Performance of Individual Investors", 43 Journal of Finance & Qualitative Analysis 613 (2008): The authors found that where individual investors had the means to diversify across many stocks, those that focused on a few outperformed those who diversified across many stocks.[4]
  • Dimmock, Stephen G.; Huang, Jiekun; Weisbenner, Scott J, "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-Skilled Labor: H-1B Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success", Management Science vol: 68, issue 9, 2022[5]

References
  1. "In Memory of SURS Trustee Scott Weisbenner". State Universities Retirement System. October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  2. "Scott Weisbenner – William G. Karnes Professor in Mergers and Acquisitions". Gies College of Business. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. Byrne, John (December 7, 2021). "Dean Of The Year: Jeffrey Brown Of Gies College Of Business". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  4. Webber, David H. (2012). "The Plight of the Individual Investor". Northwestern University Law Review. 106: 178. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  5. 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.


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