Education
Booth School of Business. Columbia University.
economist university professor
Booth School of Business. Columbia University.
He is the J. Fred Weston Professor of Finance at University of California, Los Angeles Anderson. His research has focused on financial economics and informational cascades. Publications include articles in academic journals and the popular press, in addition to a Corporate Finance textbook.
He was previously on the faculty of the Yale School of Management, and Brown University"s economics department (Professor of Financial Economics).
He is an National Bureau of Economic Research Research Associate. Professor Welch is twice a recipient of the Michael Brennan Award.
As of 2014, he ranks 50th by downloads on SSRN. In 2006, he ranked 54th on the Web of Science list of "Most-Cited Scientists in Economics & Business". In 2007, he ranked 57th.
He completed his Bachelor in computer science in 1985 at Columbia University and both his Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Philosophy in finance at the University of Chicago.