He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Iowa in 2011 and is a CFA charterholder. Scott researches investments and asset pricing with studies on the cross section of stock returns, the riskiness of the stock market over long investment horizons, the detection of skill among mutual fund managers, and optimal allocations to Roth and traditional investment accounts under tax uncertainty. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Econometrics.