Steven Kaplan (economist)
Steven Neil Kaplan (born 1959) is the Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He started teaching at the business school in 1988, and was named Neubauer Professor in 1999. He is also the Kessenich Faculty director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, at the University. Early life and education. Kaplan received his AB, summa cum laude, in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College in 1981 and earned a PhD in business economics from Harvard University in 1988. Teaching. Kaplan teaches advanced courses in corporate  finance and entrepreneurial finance. His areas of expertise are: Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Boards of Directors, and E-Commerce. He was named one of the top twelve business school teachers in U.S., Business Week, 1994, and one of the top four business school entrepreneurship professors in U.S., Business Week, 1996. Professional work. In 2001, he was Visiting Professor at INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, He is an Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Economics, European Financial Management. Personal life. He grew up in Danbury, Connecticut . In 1989, he married Carol Jane Rubin, the daughter of Louis Rubin, vice president of National Westminster Bank USA, in a ceremony in New York, New York. Publications. He has published many peer-reviewed papers in the top economics and finance journals. These include: He is editor of "Mergers and Productivity,"(National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000)