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Léa Stern
Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics
Carol Batchelder Endowed Finance Faculty Fellow

Education

  • PhD Syracuse University (2017)
  • M.Sc. HEC Montréal (2009)
  • BA HEC Montréal (2007)

Expertise

corporate finance, corporate governance

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2016

Selected Publications

“Stereotypes About Successful Entrepreneurs”
Stern, L., (2023). American Economic Association.

“Selecting Directors Using Machine Learning”
Erel, I., Stern, L., Tan, C., and Weisbach, M., (2021). Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 34(7), pp. 3226–3264.

“D&O Insurance and IPO Performance: What Can We Learn from Insurers?”
Stern, L., and Boyer, M.M., (2014). Journal of Financial Intermediation, Vol. 23, pp. 504–540.

“Is Corporate Governance Risk Valued? Evidence from Directors and Officers Liability Insurance”
Stern, L., and Boyer, M.M., (2012). Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 18, pp. 349–372.

“Learning About Directors”
Stern, L., (forthcoming). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Paper Award, International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 2012
Wharton-WRDS Award for Best Paper on Empirical Finance, WFA meetings, 2011
Bank of Canada Best Paper Award, Northern Finance Association Conference, 2010

Léa Stern

Academic Department

Finance & Business Economics