Research
(Some papers are in multiple categories)
Theory
Compensation (Managerial and Labor and Finance)
Van Wesep, Edward, and Brian Waters (forthcoming) “Bonus Season: A Theory of Periodic Labor Markets and Coordinated Bonuses” Management Science
Davies, Shaun, and Edward Van Wesep (2018) “The Unintended Consequences of Divestment” Journal of Financial Economics 128 (3), pp. 558-575
Van Wesep, Edward, and Sean Wang (2014) “The Prevention of Excess Managerial Risk Taking” Journal of Corporate Finance, 29, pp. 579-593
previously titled “Severance Pay, Empire Building, and the Prevention of Managerial Shenanigans”
Parsons, Christopher, and Edward Van Wesep (2013) “The Timing of Pay” Journal of Financial Economics, 109 (2), pp. 373-397
Strobl, Gunter, and Edward Van Wesep (2013) “Publicizing Performance” Management Science, 59 (4), pp. 918-932
Edward Van Wesep (2010) “Pay (Be)for(e)Performance: The Signing Bonus as an Incentive Device” Review of Financial Studies, 23 (10), pp. 3812-3848
Cai, Ye, Merih Sevilir, Edward Van Wesep, and Sean Wang “Managerial Ownership and Employee Risk-Bearing”
Asset Pricing:
Van Wesep, Edward, and Brian Waters: "The Sky's the Limit: Asset Prices can be Indeterminate when Margin Traders are All In"
Reed, Adam, Pedro Saffi, and Edward Van Wesep (2021) “Short Sales Constraints and the Diversification Puzzle” Management Science 67 (2), pp. 1159-1182
Blocher, Jesse, Adam Reed, and Edward Van Wesep (2013) “Connecting Two Markets: An Equilibrium Framework for Shorts, Longs and Stock Loans” Journal of Financial Economics, 108 (2), pp. 302-322
Martel, Jordan, and Edward Van Wesep "Constrained Asset Prices"
Microeconomics
Davies, Shaun, Edward Van Wesep, and Brian Waters "On the Magnification of Small Biases in Decision-Making"
Martel, Jordan, Edward Van Wesep, and Robert A Van Wesep "Ratings and Cooperative Information Transmission"
Van Wesep, Edward (2016) “The Quality of Expertise” Management Science, 60 (10), pp. 2937-2951
Van Wesep, Edward (2014) “The Idealized Electoral College Voting Mechanism and Shareholder Power” Journal of Financial Economics, 113 (1), pp. 90-108
Edward Van Wesep (2012) “Defensive Politics” Public Choice, 151, pp. 425-444
Meta
Davies, Shaun, Edward Van Wesep, and Brian Waters "On the Magnification of Small Biases in Hiring"
Van Wesep, Edward (2016) “The Quality of Expertise” Management Science, 60 (10), pp. 2937-2951
Empirical
Compensation (Managerial and Labor and Finance)
Brogaard, Jonathan Joseph Engelberg, Sapnoti Eswar, and Edward Van Wesep "On the Causal Effect of Fame on Citations"
Brogaard, Jonathan, Joey Engelberg, and Edward Van Wesep (2018) “Do Economists Swing for the Fences After Tenure?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 32 (1), pp. 179-194
Aldatmaz, Serdar, Paige Ouimet and Edward Van Wesep (2018) “The Option to Quit: The Effect of Employee Stock Options on Turnover ” Journal of Financial Economics, 127 (1), pp. 136-151
Asset Pricing:
Dougal, Casey, Joey Engelberg, Christopher Parsons, and Edward Van Wesep (2015) “Anchoring on Credit Spreads” Journal of Finance, 70 (3), pp. 1039-1080
previously titled "Anchoring and the Cost of Capital
Reed, Adam, Pedro Saffi, and Edward Van Wesep (2021) “Short Sales Constraints and the Diversification Puzzle” Management Science 67 (2), pp. 1159-1182
Blocher, Jesse, Adam Reed, and Edward Van Wesep (2013) “Connecting Two Markets: An Equilibrium Framework for Shorts, Longs and Stock Loans” Journal of Financial Economics, 108 (2), pp. 302-322
Meta
Brogaard, Jonathan Joseph Engelberg, Sapnoti Eswar, and Edward Van Wesep "On the Causal Effect of Fame on Citations"
Brogaard, Jonathan, Joey Engelberg, and Edward Van Wesep (2018) “Do Economists Swing for the Fences After Tenure?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 32 (1), pp. 179-194