Edward Watts

Assistant Professor at Yale School of Management

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  • Yale School of Management

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Yale School of Management

Professor Watts’ primary research interests include corporate governance and capital markets research in accounting. His current work focuses on equity-based compensation at private firms, capital market effects of securities regulation, and investor preferences for sustainability. He received a PhD in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, an MA in Economics from Duke University, and a BA in Economics and Mathematics from SUNY Geneseo. Before pursuing his PhD, he worked in fixed income trading and investment banking at Morgan Stanley.

EDUCATION * PhD, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2020 * MA, Duke University, 2012 * BA, State University of New York at Geneseo, 2010

Expertise * Corporate * GovernanceFinancial * MarketsFinancial * RegulationFinancial * Reporting

Interests * Debt capital markets * Environmental, social and governance (ESG) * Equity-based compensation at private firms * Investor behavior * Market microstructure

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