Ivo Welch

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Ivo Welch

Born October 4, 1963 (1963-10-04) (age 44)
Schweinfurt, Germany
Residence US
Nationality American
German
Fields Economist
Institutions Brown University 2004-
Yale University 2000-2005
UCLA 1989-2000
Alma mater University of Chicago, PhD 1991
University of Chicago, MBA 1988
Columbia University, BA 1985
Doctoral advisor Milton Harris (thesis advisor)
Known for Financial economics
Informational Cascades

Ivo Welch is a American economist at Brown University. His work has focused on financial economics and informational cascades. In 2007, he was ranked as the 54th most cited economist by web of science's Most-Cited Scientists in Economics&Business. He is the author of financial economics text book.


[edit] External links

  • [1] Ivo Welch's website.
  • [2] Most-Cited Scientists in Economics & Business, 2006.
  • [3] Most-Cited Scientists in Economics & Business, 2007.
  • Sushil Bikhchandani, David Hirshleifer, and Ivo Welch. "A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades." Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 100, No.5, pp. 992-1026, 1992.