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.

Life and work

Becker obtained his MSc in economics from the

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along wit ...

in 1995, and his PhD in finance at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

in 2005 with the thesis, entitled "Geographical Segmentation of US Capital Markets," under

Luigi Zingales Luigi Zingales (; born 8 February 1963 in Padua, Italy) is a finance professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the author of two widely-reviewed books. His book ''Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists'' (2003) is a stu ...

. In 2004 Becker started his academic career as research assistant at the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Unive ...

. 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.
Reputation and competition: evidence from the credit rating industry
'' Harvard Business School, 2008. Articles, a selection:Google Scholar profile
/ref> * 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

External links

Bo Becker
Stockholm School of Economic {{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Bo 1971 births Living people Swedish economists Swedish business theorists Stockholm School of Economics alumni University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Harvard Business School faculty Stockholm School of Economics faculty Chalmers University of Technology faculty