Scott Baker

Scott Ross Baker is an Assistant Professor of Finance. His research is concentrated in empirical finance and macroeconomics. He is currently engaged in a variety of research projects regarding household finance, the effects of policy uncertainty on financial markets and growth, as well as the effects of unemployment benefits on job search intensity. Recent work examines the impact of household leverage and credit constraints in driving sensitivity to both income and asset shocks during the Great Recession.

Scott joined the Finance Department at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management in July 2014. Scott was born and raised in San Diego, California and received B.A.'s in Economics and Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in June 2014.

Areas of Expertise

• Behavioral Finance
  
• Economics of Uncertainty
  
• Entrepreneurial Finance
  
• Macroeconomics (Includes: Monetary Economics, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates)
  
• Household Finance
  

** Education ** Ph.D., 2014, Economics, Stanford University M.A., 2011, Economics, Stanford University B.A., 2007, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley B.A., 2007, Economics, University of California, Berekely, University of California, Berkeley

** Academic Positions **

• Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, 2014-present
• Visiting Scholar, Becker Friedman Institute, 2014-2014

Other Professional Experience

Data Scientist, Intuit, 2011-present

** Honors and Awards**

• Excellence in Refereeing, American Economic Review
• Donald P. Jacobs Scholar, 2013-2014
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Winter 2012-2013
• Bradley Research Fellowship, 2012-2013
• Addington Prize in Measurement, 2012
• Shultz Graduate Fellowship in Economic Policy, 2010
• Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2008-2009
• Earl Rolph Prize and Economics Departmental Citation, 2007
• Bachelors of Arts with Highest Honors in Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
• Bachelors of Arts with Highest Honors in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

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