Scott Gibson, Ph.D.
School of Hotel Administration
Scott Gibson, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Finance at the College of William and Mary Business School. His current research interests include institutional investor trading strategies and their affects on stock prices, the optimal design of mutual fund exchange rules, and the use of derivative securities in lowering corporate financing costs. His research has appeared in the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Intermediation, International Review of Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Financial Services Research, and Real Estate Issues. His research on the relation between institutional investor trading and stock returns has also been featured in Business Week. Before returning to his alma mater Boston College where he received a Ph.D. in Finance, Professor Gibson worked as an analyst with Fidelity Investments and as a credit team leader serving a Fortune 500 clientele with HSBC Bank. Lecturing about corporate finance and the creation of shareholder value, he has received numerous teaching awards at the undergraduate, masters, and executive levels. He has also been named as an outstanding faculty member in Business Week's Guide to the Best Business Schools. Courses authored:
Risk and Return: How to identify, Measure, and Incorporate into Capital Budgeting Decisions
Raising Capital: The Process, the Players, and Strategic Considerations
