College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor of Finance and James F. Towey Faculty Fellowship

Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
B.A., Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1995

James F. Towey Faculty Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 - Present
Associate Professor of Finance, Univeristy of Illinois, 2007 - Present
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2002 - Present
Economist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 1999-2000

Brown, J. , Coile, C., Weisbenner, S. Forthcoming. The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Retirement Decisions. Review of Economics and Statistics

Ivkovich, Z., Sialm, C., Weisbenner, S. Forthcoming. Portfolio Concentration and the Performance of Individual Investors . Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Brown, J. , Ivkovich, Z., Smith, P., Weisbenner, S. 2008. Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation. Journal of Finance, LXII: 1509-1531

Brown, J. , Liang, N., Weisbenner, S. 2007. Individual Account Investment Options and Portfolio Choice: Behaviorial Lessons from 401 (k) Plans.. Journal of Public Economics, 91: 1992-2013

Brown, J. , Liang, N., Weisbenner, S. 2007. Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut. Journal of Finance, 62: 1935-1965

Ivkovich, Z., Weisbenner, S. 2007. Information Diffusion Effects in Individual Investors' Common Stock Purchases: Covet Thy Neighbors' Investment Choices. Review of Financial Studies, 20: 1327-1357

BSI Gamma Foundation Research Award (1 of 12 selected), 2005

401 Ks and other corporate retirement programs, stock-based employee compensation, corporate dividend and share repurchase strategies, investment strategies, estate taxes