John B.Shoven



John B. Shoven is The Trione Director of SIEPR (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research), Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Research interests include corporate finance (dividend behavior, mergers and acquisitions, share purchase), social security and private pensions, stock and bond returns, mutual funds, federal, personal and corporate income taxation, international cost-of-capital comparisons, and applied general equilibrium analysis.

Recent research includes asset allocation and asset location theory; the effects of taxes on the relative performance of mutual funds; the long-run future of pension fund saving; and public policy towards pensions.