Steven Kaplan (economist)


Steven Neil Kaplan is the Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He started teaching at the business school in 1988, and was named Neubauer Professor in 1999. He is also the Faculty director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, at the University.

Early life and education

Kaplan received his AB, summa cum laude, in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College in 1981 and earned a PhD in business economics from Harvard University in 1988.

Teaching

Kaplan teaches advanced courses in corporate finance and entrepreneurial finance. His areas of expertise are: Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Boards of Directors, and E-Commerce. He was named one of the top twelve business school teachers in U.S., Business Week, 1994, and one of the top four business school entrepreneurship professors in U.S., Business Week, 1996.

Professional work

In 2001, he was Visiting Professor at INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research,
He is Associate Editor, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, European Financial Management, 1994- Journal of Corporate Finance, 2000-; Journal of Empirical Finance 2001-; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 1994-1998, Review of Financial Studies, 1993-1996.

Personal life

In 1989, he married Carol Jane Rubin, the daughter of Louis Rubin, vice president of National Westminster Bank USA, in a ceremony in Danbury, Connecticut.

Publications

He has published 27 peer-reviewed papers in the top journals in his subject. The most recent are:
He is editor of "Mergers and Productivity,"