He joined Tuck in July 2011. Rick received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University and earned his Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University in 2011. Rick conducts empirical research in corporate finance with a particular emphasis on private equity and corporate governance. In recent work, he has studied how companies backed the same VC affect one another, the relationship between observably lucky success and confidence/risk-taking, and how option compensation affects risk-taking behavior for corporate executives.