Scott Yonker (on leave)

Biography

Scott Yonker is a professor of finance at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. His primary research interests are corporate finance, behavioral finance and investments.

Yonker’s work has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Finance, The Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, The Review of Finance and The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. His research has been cited by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Bloomberg.

He serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Management Science.

Education

PhD Ohio State University, Columbus, 2010
MA Duke University, 2001
BS Bowling Green State University, 1998

Research

• Andrikogiannopoulou, Angie; Ventouri, Alexia; Yonker, Scott. "Not in my backyard: Intrinsic motivation and corporate pollution abatement"Review of Finance. 29.4 (2025): 1067–1104
• Gurun, Umit; Stoffman, Noah; Yonker, Scott. "Unlocking clients: The importance of relationships in the financial advisory industry"Journal of Financial Economics. 141.3 (2021): 1218-1243
• Kleiner, Kristoph; Stoffman, Noah; Yonker, Scott. "Friends with Bankruptcy Protection Benefits"Journal of Financial Economics. 139.2 (2021): 578-605
• Pool, Veronika; Stoffman, Noah; Yonker, Scott; Zhang, Hanjiang. "Do Shocks to Personal Wealth Affect Risk-taking in Delegated Portfolios?"Review of Financial Studies. 32.4 (2019): 1457-1493
• Bernile, G.; Bhagwat, V.; Yonker, Scott. "Board Diversity, Firm Risk, and Corporate Policies"Journal of Financial Economics. 127.3 (2018): 588-612
• Gurun, U.; Stoffman, N.; Yonker, Scott. "Trust Busting: The Effect of Fraud on Investor Behavior"Review of Financial Studies. 31.4 (2018): 1341-1376
• Yonker, Scott. "Geography and the Market for CEOs"Management Science. 63.3 (2017): 609-630
• Yonker, Scott. "Do Managers Give Hometown Labor an Edge?"Review of Financial Studies. 30.10 (2017): 3581–3604
• Pool, V.; Stoffman, N.; Yonker, Scott. "The People in Your Neighborhood: Social Interactions and Mutual Fund Portfolios"Journal of Finance. 70.6 (2015): 2679–2732
• Cronqvis, Henrik; Makhija, Anil; Yonker, Scott. "Behavioral Consistency in Corporate Finance: CEO Personal and Corporate Leverage"Journal of Financial Economics. 103.1 (2012): 20-40

Awards

• Wharton Research Data Services Best Paper Award in Empirical Finance (2016) Western Finance Association Conference
• Best Paper Award (2017) Ohio State University Alumni Conference
• Best Paper Award (2010) 18th Mitsui Finance Symposium
• SAC Capital Ph.D. Candidate Award for Outstanding Research (2010) Western Finance Association
• Best Discussant Award (2017) Red Rock Finance Conference