Biography
Stacey R. Kole is Adjunct Professor of Economics. Her research interests cover policies and practices that dictate behavior within organizations and its relation to firm performance. Kole is a two-time winner of the Jensen Prize awarded by the Journal of Financial Economics for her research on corporate governance with Ken Lehn and her solo-authored work on compensation.
Kole served as deputy dean for MBA Programs at Chicago Booth from 2004-2020. She previously served as a member of the faculty and associate dean for MBA Programs at the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business. Prior to her career in academics, Kole was a financial economist in the Office of Economic Analysis, at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She also worked at the New York Federal Reserve Bank doing country risk analysis.
Kole received a bachelor's degree in history and economics from the University of Rochester in 1982. She received her PhD in economics in 1992 from the University of Chicago.
Research Interests
Interest in policies and practices that dictate behavior within organizations and its relation to firm performance.
Academic Areas
- Microeconomics
Selected Publications
With Kenneth Lehn, "Workforce Integration and the Dissipation of Value in Mergers: The Case of USAir's Acquisition of Piedmont Aviation," Mergers and Productivity (National Bureau of Economic Research 2000).
With Kenneth Lehn, "Deregulation and the Adaptation of Governance Structure: The Case of U.S. Airlines Industry," Journal of Financial Economics (1999).
"The Complexity of Compensation Contracts," Journal of Financial Economics (1997).
For a listing of research publications, please visit the university library listing page.