Ivo Welch

Ivo Welch
is a German-born economist and finance academic, the J. Fred Weston Professor of Finance at UCLA [Anderson School of Management].
His research, widely cited,

has focused on financial economics and informational cascades.
In addition to more than 50 journal articles,
his works include a Corporate Finance textbook,
as well as items in the popular press.
Welch is an National Bureau of Economic Research Research Associate, and has been editor of the since inception.
He is a two-time recipient of the Michael [Brennan Award], and a Humboldt Foundation 2015 fellow.
He was previously on the faculties of the Yale School of Management and Brown University's economics department.
Welch completed his BA in computer science in 1985 at Columbia University, and both his MBA and PhD in finance at the University of Chicago.