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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.[1][2]
Life and work
[edit]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.[3]
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. In 2020, Becker was appointed to a newly established Chair in Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics, funded by Cevian Capital.[4] On 1 July 2022, he became Director of the Swedish House of Finance and Head of SSE's Department of Finance.[5] He was succeeded as director by Paolo Sodini in 2026.[6]
Selected publications
[edit]- Becker, Bo, and Todd Milbourn.Reputation and competition: evidence from the credit rating industry. Harvard Business School, 2008.
Articles, a selection:[7]
- Becker, Bo. "Wealth and executive compensation." The Journal of Finance 61.1 (2006): 379–397.
- Becker, Bo, and Todd Milbourn. "How did increased competition affect credit ratings?." Journal of Financial Economics 101.3 (2011): 493–514.
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ BO BECKER - Stockholm School of Economics CV Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 02.02.2015.
- ↑ "Cevian Capital establishes a new Chair in Finance". Stockholm School of Economics. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
- ↑ "Bo Becker is Swedish House of Finance's New Director". Stockholm School of Economics. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
- ↑ "Reflecting on SHoF's First 15 Years: New Director Paolo Sodini on the Past and the Future". Swedish House of Finance. 18 August 2026. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
- ↑ Google Scholar profile
External links
[edit]- Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economic
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- Swedish economists
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- University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
- Harvard Business School faculty
- Academic staff of the Stockholm School of Economics
- Academic staff of the Chalmers University of Technology