John Shoven

Charles Schwab Professor of Economics
Center for Public and Private Finance - Co-Director
Finance Program - Director
General Research Program - Director
Tax and Budget Policy Program (CPPF) - Co-Director
Contact
Landau Economics Building Room 132
579 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6015
Phone: (650) 723 3273  (650) 858-1193
Fax: (650) 723 8611
Email: shoven@stanford.edu
Assistant Contact
Dafna Baldwin
Phone: (650) 725-6668
Fax: (650) 723-8611
Email: dafb@stanford.edu

Fields of Interest

Research: Corporate finance (dividend behavior, mergers and acquisitions, share purchase), social security and private pensions, stock and bond returns, mutual funds, federal, personal and corporate income taxation, international cost-of-capital comparisons, applied general equilibrium analysis
Current Research: Asset allocation and asset location theory; the effects of taxes on the relative performance of mutual funds; the long-run future of pension fund saving; public policy towards pensions
Teaching: Public finance, introductory economics, intermediate micro-economics, investment

Biography  View Full Biography

John B. Shoven, 59, is the Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the Wallace R. Hawley Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). He is also a Senior Fellow by Courtesy of the Hoover Institution at Stanford. He has served as the Chairman of the Economics Department (1986-89), Director of the Center for Economic Policy Research (1988-93) and Dean of Humanities and Sciences (1993-98).

Events  View All Events

November 14, 2009 - Leading Matters - New York - New York
November 14, 2009 - Leading Matters - New York - New York
June 2009 - Commonwealth Club - Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA