James Weston

Biography

James P. Weston is a professor of finance at Rice University. He joined the Jones Business School faculty in 2000 aftercompleting his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Virginia. James’ teaching interests focus mainly on corporate finance and financial institutions. He has taught popular courses on economics and finance in all of the Jones School programs. James currently teaches the flagship first year MBA core finance course for the daytime MBA program. He is the recipient of three Jones school teaching awards, including the prestigious alumni faculty award in 2007, and 2010.

Dr. Weston’s academic research covers a wide array of corporate finance issues from banking to stock market liquidity and risk management. His research articles have appeared in many of the leadingacademic finance publications and have been widely cited in the popular press and in congressional testimony. Two of his recent research papers have been nominated for the Journal of Finance best paper awards. James’ research papers have been presented at over 30 Universities worldwide and he routinely speaks at conferences and professional seminars. He is a member of the American Finance Association, the American Economics Association, and the Financial Management Association.

In addition to his academic work, James conducts executive education seminars, maintains professional consulting relationships, and provides expert witness testimony and litigation support. He is aformer assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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