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Scott J. Weisbenner

Scott J. Weisbenner

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Finance
  • Microeconomics
  • Dividend

His scientific interests lie mostly in Monetary economics, Investment, Common stock, Stock market and Excess return. His Monetary economics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Incentive, Taxable income and Debt maturity. His research integrates issues of Index, Percentage point and Portfolio in his study of Investment.

His Index research integrates issues from Information asymmetry and Preference. His research on Common stock often connects related areas such as Money management. Labour economics, Asset allocation and Microeconomics is closely connected to Instrumental variable in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Stock market.

His most cited work include:

  • Local Does as Local Is: Information Content of the Geography of Individual Investors' Common Stock Investments (715 citations)
  • Local Does as Local Is: Information Content of the Geography of Individual Investors' Common Stock Investments (715 citations)
  • Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation (357 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Monetary economics, Finance, Labour economics, Portfolio and Equity. His studies deal with areas such as Payment, Capital gains tax, Investment and Pension as well as Monetary economics. His Finance research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Non-qualified stock option, Restricted stock and Fund of funds.

His Portfolio research incorporates elements of Incentive, Stable value fund, Taxable income and Excess return. His studies in Excess return integrate themes in fields like Information asymmetry, Financial economics, Common stock and Index. He studied Equity and Stock market that intersect with Community ownership.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Monetary economics (60.29%)
  • Finance (36.76%)
  • Labour economics (27.21%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2019)?

  • Monetary economics (60.29%)
  • Pension (18.38%)
  • Actuarial science (15.44%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Scott J. Weisbenner focuses on Monetary economics, Pension, Actuarial science, Labour economics and Intertemporal choice. His Monetary economics study combines topics in areas such as Financial market, Corporate governance and Finance. His work is dedicated to discovering how Pension, Equity are connected with Yield, Investment and Excess return and other disciplines.

His study looks at the intersection of Actuarial science and topics like Public economics with Earnings. His Labour economics research focuses on subjects like Venture capital, which are linked to Developing country. The Intertemporal choice study combines topics in areas such as Market liquidity and Payment.

Between 2012 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • How University Endowments Respond to Financial Market Shocks: Evidence and Implications (55 citations)
  • Why do individuals choose defined contribution plans? Evidence from participants in a large public plan (17 citations)
  • Capital gains lock-in and governance choices (14 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Finance
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics

His primary areas of study are Monetary economics, Pension, Labour economics, Political risk and Actuarial science. His Monetary economics research includes themes of Corporate governance, Capital gains tax and Mutual fund. His study in Pension is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Institutional investor, Equity and Excess return.

His Labour economics study incorporates themes from Market liquidity and Time horizon. His Political risk research overlaps with Payment, Intertemporal choice, Control, Financial plan and Generosity. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Public economics and Financial literacy.

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Best Publications

Local Does as Local Is: Information Content of the Geography of Individual Investors' Common Stock Investments

Zoran Ivković;Scott Weisbenner;Scott Weisbenner.
Journal of Finance (2005)

1299 Citations

Corporate Debt Maturity and the Real Effects of the 2007 Credit Crisis

Heitor Almeida;Murillo Campello;Bruno Laranjeira;Scott Weisbenner.
Research Papers in Economics (2009)

896 Citations

Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation

Jeffrey R Brown;Zoran Ivković;Paul A. Smith;Scott J Weisbenner.
Journal of Finance (2008)

767 Citations

Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut

Jeffrey R. Brown;Nellie Liang;Scott Weisbenner.
Journal of Finance (2006)

397 Citations

Information Diffusion Effects in Individual Investors' Common Stock Purchases: Covet Thy Neighbors' Investment Choices

Zoran Ivković;Scott Weisbenner.
Review of Financial Studies (2007)

366 Citations

Local Does as Local Is: Information Content of the Geography of Individual Investors' Common Stock Investments

Zoran Ivkovich;Scott J. Weisbenner;Scott J. Weisbenner.
Social Science Research Network (2002)

351 Citations

Individual Investor Mutual-Fund Flows

Zoran Ivković;Scott Weisbenner;Scott Weisbenner.
Journal of Financial Economics (2009)

328 Citations

Portfolio Concentration and the Performance of Individual Investors

Zoran Ivković;Clemens Sialm;Scott Weisbenner.
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (2008)

324 Citations

Capital Gains Tax Rules, Tax‐loss Trading, and Turn‐of‐the‐year Returns

James M. Poterba;Scott J. Weisbenner.
Journal of Finance (2001)

299 Citations

Tax-Motivated Trading by Individual Investors

Zoran Ivković;James Poterba;James Poterba;Scott Weisbenner.
The American Economic Review (2005)

281 Citations

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