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Edward D. Van Wesep

Assistant Professor of Finance


Address:	CB #3490 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490
Office:	McColl 4103
(919) 962-8466

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Areas of Expertise

compensation
contracting
finance
game theory
microeconomics
political economy

Media Mentions

2009

Fox Business interviewed finance professor Ed Van Wesep in "Shareholders Role in Executive Compensation."

(Oct. 13) ABC11 quoted him in "AG calls for new federal credit regulation."

(Oct. 14)

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Biography

Edward Van Wesep has researched executive compensation and severance agreements. His current research includes the use of the signing bonus as well as the interaction of executive overconfidence and behavioral deviations from traditional economic theory with optimal pay structures.

Dr. Van Wesep teaches courses in microeconomics, game theory, modern firm theory and finance.

He co-founded a Web-based financial services start-up based in Redwood City, Calif. The firm, which was incorporated and received angel funding in March 2007, assists lenders and homeowners seeking financing for solar installations.

He worked as a business analyst at Capital One Financial and an associate at McKinsey & Co. in Chicago.

Dr. Van Wesep received his PhD in economics from Stanford University and a BS in applied mathematics-economics from Brown University, graduating magna cum laude and Sigma Xi with departmental honors.

Recent Media Mentions

2009

Fox Business interviewed finance professor Ed Van Wesep in "Shareholders Role in Executive Compensation." (Oct. 13) ABC11 quoted him in "AG calls for new federal credit regulation." (Oct. 14)
Fox Business News interviewed finance professor Ed Van Wesep about executive compensation in "Auto Sales Rev Up Market." (Aug. 3) The Carrboro Citizen quoted him in "Biz Beat: Recession hits local economy." (Aug. 21)
CNN interviewed finance professor Ed Van Wesep in "Printing your own currency." (April 22) WTVD-TV interviewed him about positive signs in the economy during a live newscast. (April 15) The Chapel Hill Herald quoted him in "That fine print is gonna get ya." (April 30)
InfoZine quoted finance professor Ed Van Wesep in "Treasury�s New Plan Stirs Markets, Draws Variety of Predictions." (March 25) MyNC.com interviewed him in "Where are the Loans?" (March 26)
WTVD-TV interviewed finance professor Ed Van Wesep in "Credit companies slash credit limits." (Jan. 30) North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC interviewed him on "The State of Things" program in "Hope for Housing?" (Jan. 15)

2008

CTV of Canada interviewed finance professor Ed Van Wesep in a live broadcast and quoted him in "Bush announces $250B plan to buy bank shares." (Oct. 14) The Fayetteville Observer featured a Q&A with him in "Your investments: Advice on protecting your nest egg." (Oct. 7)
North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC featured finance professor Ed Van Wesep in the "The State of Things" program "Making sense of the economy." (Aug. 14)
Fox Business News featured finance professor Ed Van Wesep on a live panel discussion by university economists about government actions in response to the economy�s downturn in "Will Time Fix the Problem? Part 1 & Part 2." "The Glick Report" featured the discussion in "All Eyes on Oil." (July 16)
North Carolina Public Radio interviewed finance professor Ed Van Wesep in a review of the big economic stories of 2007 on the program "The Year in Review." (Dec. 27)

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