Bo Becker
{{Short description|Swedish economist and business theorist}}
Bo Becker (born 1971) is a Swedish economist, and Professor of Financial Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, known for his work on rating, reputation and competition.Skreta, Vasiliki, and Laura Veldkamp. "Ratings shopping and asset complexity: A theory of ratings inflation." Journal of Monetary Economics 56.5 (2009): 678-695.Bolton, Patrick, Xavier Freixas, and Joel Shapiro. "The credit ratings game." The Journal of Finance 67.1 (2012): 85-111.
Life and work
Becker obtained his MSc in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1995, and his PhD in finance at the University of Chicago in 2005 with the thesis, entitled "Geographical Segmentation of US Capital Markets," under Luigi Zingales.[http://streamdp.hhs.se/LinkedStaffDocs/download.aspx?dl=03137_001 BO BECKER - Stockholm School of Economics CV] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161415/http://streamdp.hhs.se/LinkedStaffDocs/download.aspx?dl=03137_001 |date=July 14, 2014 }}. Accessed 02.02.2015.
In 2004 Becker started his academic career as research assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. In 2009 he moved to the Harvard Business School, where he was appointed assistant professor of Business Administration. In 2013 back in Sweden he was appointed Professor of Financial Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Selected publications
- Becker, Bo, and Todd Milbourn.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170809113656/http://apps.olin.wustl.edu/faculty/milbourn/BeckerMilbournFeb122009.pdf Reputation and competition: evidence from the credit rating industry]. Harvard Business School, 2008.
Articles, a selection:[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oJSOTJUAAAAJ Google Scholar profile]
- Becker, Bo. "[http://course.sdu.edu.cn/G2S/eWebEditor/uploadfile/20121125113204001.pdf Wealth and executive compensation]." The Journal of Finance 61.1 (2006): 379–397.
- Becker, Bo, and Todd Milbourn. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160417200525/http://apps.olin.wustl.edu/workingpapers/pdf/2012-01-001.pdf How did increased competition affect credit ratings?]." Journal of Financial Economics 101.3 (2011): 493–514.
References
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External links
- [http://www.hhs.se/en/person/?PersonID=31371033 Bo Becker], Stockholm School of Economic
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Category:Swedish business theorists
Category:Stockholm School of Economics alumni
Category:University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni
Category:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
Category:Harvard Business School faculty
Category:Academic staff of the Stockholm School of Economics
Category:Academic staff of the Chalmers University of Technology