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Scott Guernsey

Scott Guernsey

Assistant Professor, Neel Corporate Governance Center Research Fellow, Acree Family Faculty Fellow

Location Room - 428B, Stokely Management Center , United States

Department:

Finance

Center:

Neel Corporate Governance Center

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Biography

Scott Guernsey is an assistant professor of finance at the University of Tennessee. He is also a Neel Corporate Governance Center research fellow and Acree Family faculty fellow. Scott earned a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Oklahoma, an M.B.A. in finance, a B.S. in applied mathematics, and a B.A. with a double major in economics and communication from the University of New Mexico. Before joining the Haslam College of Business, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge and served as an advisory editor for the Review of Financial Studies.

Scott’s research focuses on empirical corporate finance, particularly in the areas of corporate governance, innovation, law and finance, capital structure, and labor finance. His work has been published in top finance journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and has been presented at prominent finance conferences, such as the American Finance Association Meeting, the NBER Law and Economics Meeting, the North American SFS Cavalcade Meeting, and the Paris December Finance Meeting, and has won awards at other major conferences.

Education:

2018 University of Oklahoma, Ph.D., Finance

2014 University of New Mexico, B.S., Mathematics

2012 University of New Mexico, M.B.A., Finance

2010 University of New Mexico, B.A., Economics

Awards/Honors
  • Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance/Financial Institutions (FMA European Conference), 2019
  • Best Paper of the Conference Award (AEFIN - Spanish Finance Association), 2018
  • Best Corporate Finance Paper Semi-Finalist (FMA), 2018
  • Searle Center, Roundtable on SSOs and Patents, Presenter, 2018
  • Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Travel Grant, 2017 - 2018
  • Best PhD Paper Award Finalist (European Financial Management Association), 2017
  • Bullard Conference Presentation Travel Grant, 2017
  • Alley-Rayonier Travel Grant, 2017
  • Searle Center, Innovation Economics, Discussant, 2017
  • American Finance Association Travel Grant, 2016
  • Cleo B. Clemons Murney Foundation Scholarship, 2015 - 2017
  • James & Jeannie Dodson Scholarship, 2015 - 2016
  • Mark J. Bertus Prize Finalist, 2014
  • National Science Foundation Grant (Award #: DMS-114880), 2013 - 2014
  • New Mexico Lottery Scholarship 2006 - 2010