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Overview

Joshua D. Rauh is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a scholarly focus on Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Business, Management, and Accounting. Their academic output includes contributions primarily in the fields of Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Finance, Strategy and Management, and Demography.

Their research spans several topics including Financial Literacy, Pension, and Retirement Analysis; Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; Housing Market and Economics; Private Equity and Venture Capital; Taxation and Compliance Studies; Corporate Finance and Governance; and Economic Policies and Impacts.

Joshua D. Rauh has published extensively in multiple venues, with frequent publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Financial Studies
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • Annual Review of Financial Economics
  • American Economic Journal Economic Policy

Recent papers include:

  • Institutional Investors and Infrastructure Investing, 2021, Review of Financial Studies
  • Cost saving and the freezing of corporate pension plans, 2020, Journal of Public Economics
  • Trends in State and Local Pension Funds, 2023, Annual Review of Financial Economics
  • The Shifting Finance of Electricity Generation, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Behavioral Responses to State Income Taxation of High Earners: Evidence from California, 2024, American Economic Journal Economic Policy

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Aleksandar Andonov
  • Oliver Giesecke
  • Irina Stefanescu
  • Stephen P. Zeldes
  • Jonathan Hartley

Best Publications

  • Investment and Financing Constraints: Evidence from the Funding of Corporate Pension Plans

    Joshua D. Rauh

  • Capital Structure and Debt Structure

    Joshua D. Rauh;Amir Sufi

  • Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?

    Steven Kaplan;Joshua Rauh

  • Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?

    Steven N. Kaplan;Joshua Rauh

  • Public Pension Promises: How Big Are They and What Are They Worth?

    Robert Novy-Marx;Joshua Rauh

  • Risk Shifting versus Risk Management: Investment Policy in Corporate Pension Plans

    Joshua D. Rauh

  • The Liabilities and Risks of State- Sponsored Pension Plans

    Robert Novy-Marx;Joshua D. Rauh

  • State Taxation and the Reallocation of Business Activity: Evidence from Establishment-Level Data

    Xavier Giroud;Joshua Rauh

  • Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions, and Managerial Investment Decisions

    Daniel B. Bergstresser;Mihir A. Desai;Joshua Rauh

  • It's the Market: The Broad-Based Rise in the Return to Top Talent

    Steven N. Kaplan;Joshua Rauh

  • Local Overweighting and Underperformance: Evidence from Limited Partner Private Equity Investments

    Yael V. Hochberg;Joshua D. Rauh

  • DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS, DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS, AND THE ACCUMULATION OF RETIREMENT WEALTH.

    James Poterba;Joshua Rauh;Steven Venti;David Wise

  • Own company stock in defined contribution pension plans: A takeover defense? ☆

    Joshua D. Rauh

  • Explaining Corporate Capital Structure: Product Markets, Leases, and Asset Similarity

    Joshua D. Rauh;Joshua D. Rauh;Amir Sufi;Amir Sufi

  • Political Representation and Governance: Evidence from the Investment Decisions of Public Pension Funds

    Aleksandar Andonov;Yael V. Hochberg;Joshua D. Rauh

  • Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?

    Joshua D. Rauh;Joshua D. Rauh;Joshua D. Rauh;Steven N. Kaplan

  • Investment and Financing Constraints: Evidence from the Funding of Corporate Pension Plans

    Joshua D. Rauh;Joshua D. Rauh;Joshua D. Rauh

  • Utility Evaluation of Risk in Retirement Saving Accounts

    James Poterba;Joshua Rauh;Steven Venti;David Wise

  • Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions and Managerial Investment Decisions

    Daniel Bergstresser;Joshua D. Rauh;Joshua D. Rauh;Joshua D. Rauh;Mihir A. Desai;Mihir A. Desai

  • Capital Structure and Debt Structure

    Joshua D. Rauh;Amir Sufi

  • Lifecycle Asset Allocation Strategies and the Distribution of 401(k) Retirement Wealth

    James M. Poterba;Joshua Rauh;Steven F. Venti;David A. Wise

  • Lifecycle Asset Allocation Strategies and the Distribution of 401(k) Retirement Wealth

    James M Poterba;Joshua Rauh;Steven F Venti;David A Wise

  • The Broad-Based Rise in the Return to Top Talent

    Joshua D. Rauh

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Wise
David A. Wise Harvard University
Steven F. Venti
Steven F. Venti Dartmouth College
Mihir A. Desai
Mihir A. Desai Harvard University
Amir Sufi
Amir Sufi University of Chicago
Steven N. Kaplan
Steven N. Kaplan University of Chicago
Mark Duggan
Mark Duggan Stanford University
Luigi Zingales
Luigi Zingales University of Chicago

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