He earned his PhD in Finance and Business Economics at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. Eric's research and teaching interests include topics in corporate finance, corporate governance, sustainability, environmental economics, international finance and entrepreneurial finance. Publications in the Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Financial Research, The International Review of Law and Economics and The Journal of Law and Economics involve topics such as corporate governance indices, insider trading, and the reputational penalties for environmental violations. Current projects are focused on firms’ uses of takeover defenses, improved decision-making using unbiased cost of capital measures, and other topics in finance and economics. He has also contributed as a writer or served as a technical editor on several books.