Scott R. Baker

Scott Ross Baker is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Wisconsin and is a Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research is concentrated in empirical finance and macroeconomics and he teaches Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance.

He is currently engaged in a variety of research projects regarding household financial choices and the measurement of consumption, as well as research regarding the effects of policy uncertainty on financial markets and growth.

Scott joined the Finance Department in the Wisconsin School of Business in 2025. He 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 and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.

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Research Interests: Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance, Consumption, Uncertainty