Ivo Welch
Professor of Economics and Finance

Principal Affiliations:

Brown Economics (COE) at Brown University (July 2004-). Brown Directory Brown Webmail
Also, National Bureau of Economic Research.

Contact Information

Professional and Private.

Academic Work

• Published Work, also serves as my Curriculum Vitae (C.V.).
• Unpublished Work, includes some free data resources.

Economic Opinions and Fact(oid)s

• My view on corporate governance reform, and remedial proposal: The root cause of our economic crises.
• An FAQ on the 2008 Crisis.
• Views of Economists About The Equity Premium and Policy, January 2009.

Corporate Finance: An Introduction

My introductory corporate finance textbook, 5 years in the making.

(My) Teaching at Brown, 2009/10 Introduction to Corporate Finance (econ1720), Teaching Notes

includes my Advice for Brown students wishing to focus on finance

Other Resources

The following are still valid, but no longer actively changed or maintained:

G-III IPO Case	A teaching case about IPOs and earnings management.
Cascades	An "Informational Cascades" related resource page: http://www.info-cascades.info/.
Economists' Directory	The directory of (financial) economists: http://welch.econ.brown.edu/dir/.
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Non Professional Items

Weather

Providence, kpvd, ksfz (5/23 [NE/SW] Long. 15/33 [SSE/NNW] Short.), general, metar. marine.

Entertainment

Some great movies. Check music.

Science, Politics, Opinions, Computer-Resources

Living Costs in Manhattan, Interesting Scientific Tidbits, A Simple Definition of Terrorism, the TSA: The Things He Carried, the Gaza invasion in 2009. A selection of blog-like opinions. Awful vendors best avoided: United Airlines; Volkswagen, Ford; AT&T Wireless; Hewlett-Packard.

Family

Charlotte Welch, Fulda, Henry Welch. I am from the city of Schweinfurt, so here is some history on it.

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