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Austin Starkweather is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Tennessee Knoxville's Haslam College of Business, affiliated with the Neel Corporate Governance Center. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Maryland and a BA in Economics from Princeton University. His research focuses on corporate governance, executive compensation, and investor-corporation dynamics. Prior to UT, he taught at Vanderbilt University and the University of South Carolina, and worked in consulting and private equity.
Research interests include board dynamics, executive pay structures, shareholder activism, proxy advisory influence, and sustainability in corporate finance. His work has been published in top journals like the Review of Financial Studies and Review of Finance. Recent studies explore proxy advisors' impact on shareholder engagement, CEO pay ratio transparency, and SEC regulatory effects on compensation practices.
His articles analyze topics ranging from carcinogen exposure risks to earnings guidance strategies, showcasing interdisciplinary links between finance, labor economics, and environmental risk management. No scientific awards are explicitly listed, but his prolific publication record reflects scholarly impact. Advising and grant details are not provided in the text, though his prior industry experience bridges academic and practical finance domains.
