http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_home.aspxThe latest news in the College of BusinessA group of scholars, which includes three faculty members from the College of Business, has developed a six-step proposal to stabilize pensions for employees of the state?s public colleges and universities.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1833http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1833Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 CSTIn the year after a university experiences a negative shock equal to 10 percent of its annual operating budget, donors increase giving by 1 percent.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1811http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1811Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 CSTFinance professors Jeffrey Brown, Joshua Pollet, and Scott Weisbenner were awarded the BlackRock Prize at the 25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference for their research on the investment behavior of state pension plans.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1805http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1805Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 CSTBusiness Professors Avijit Ghosh, Jeffrey Brown, and Scott Weisbenner, and a colleague from Northern Illinois University, published a reform proposal for SURS that incentivizes the acceptance of lower benefits.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1772http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1772Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 CSTJeffrey Brown and Scott Weisbenner, both professors of finance, author a new paper on the supply of and demand for charitable donations to higher education.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1745http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1745Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 CSTThe sudden and severe credit contraction that began in 2007 had an especially damaging impact on companies with large amounts of debt maturing in 2008, according to research conducted by College of Business faculty.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1585http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1585Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 CST920 Business Illini converged in Chicago to celebrate and network with fellow alumni.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1177http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1177Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CSTThe results for the FALL 2010 administration of student ratings of instructors are now available. Results are based on ICES questionnaires.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1148http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=1148Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 CSTProfessors Jeffrey Brown and Scott Weisbenner reveal the double hit of declining asset values and agressive reductions in payments endowments make to universities.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=829http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=829Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 CSTThe unofficial "Incomplete List" identifies many great teachers in the College.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=784http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=784Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CSTProfessor Scott Weisbenner wrote a study with two colleagues looking at why some companies pay dividends on stock. They found that smaller companies are increasingly more likely to pay dividends as their nearby 65-and-older population rises.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=776http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=776Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CSTProfessor Scott Weisbenner and two colleagues wrote a study in the Journal of Finance that looks at the question of why companies pay dividends. They found found smaller companies more likely to pay dividends as their nearby 65-and-older investor population rises.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=777http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=777Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CSTProfessors Scott Weisbenner, Murillo Campello, and Heitor Almeida along with doctoral student Bruno Laranjeira find that firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investments more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=667http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=667Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CSTOn March 27th, Dr. Scott Weisbenner helped alumni dive into knowledge about participant choices in pension plans. Weisbenner, assistant professor in the Department of Finance, was the speaker for the Deep Dive Workshop, part of the Roundtable series sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=378http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=378Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 CSTIn an email announcement to faculty and staff, Greg Oldham, acting Dean for the College, announced the appointments of four new College of Business Faculty Fellows: Ruth Aguilera; Murillo Campello; Timothy Johnson, and; Scott Weisbenner.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=280http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=280Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 CSTFinance faculty members Zoran Ivkovich and Scott J. Weisbenner address the herding effects of "keeping up with the Joneses" in research that shows investors favor the stocks their neighbors are buying.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=254http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=254Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 CSTGlenn Hoetker, Scott Weisbenner and Martin Wu have achieved tenure and will be promoted to rank of associate professor. Rajshree Agarwal , Jeffrey Brown and Michael Pratt have also been promoted to full professor.http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=240http://www.business.uiuc.edu/publications/news_item.aspx?ID=240Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 CST