John Shoven

John Brayton Shoven (born May 24, 1947 ) is an American economist and university professor who dealt in particular with topics such as corporate finance , social security and retirement provision .

Life

After attending school, John Brayton Shoven began studying physics at the University of California, San Diego , from which he graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Physics). He completed a subsequent postgraduate degree in economics at Yale University in 1973 with a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. Economics) and then accepted a professorship for economics at Stanford University . He was also an advisor to the US Treasury Department from 1975 to 1988 and a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1982 to 1983 . In 1993 he became Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and held this position until 1998. In 1995 he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Shoven dealt in particular with topics such as corporate finance , social security and pension provision . He was also a researcher and fellow for the National Science Foundation , the National Bureau of Economic Research , the Hoover Institution and the Econometric Society . He was also a board member of the management consultancies Watson Wyatt , Exponent , the software manufacturer Cadence Design Systems and American Century Funds .

His son Jimmy Shoven was born from his marriage to Katie Shoven.

Publications

John Shoven also wrote numerous specialist books. His works include:

• Financial aspects of the United States pension system , co-author Zvi Bodie , University of Chicago Press, 1983
• Applied general equilibrium analysis , co-author Herbert Scarf , Cambridge University Press, 1984
• Issues in pension economics , co-authors Zvi Bodie , David A. Wise , University of Chicago Press, 1987
• Government policy towards industry in the United States and Japan , Cambridge University Press, 1988
• The Japanese tax reform and the effective rate of tax on Japanese corporate investments , National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988
• Debt, taxes, and corporate restructuring , co-author Joel Waldfogel , Brookings Institution, 1990
• National saving and economic performance , co-author Douglas Bernheim , University of Chicago Press, 1991
• Middle equilibrium , Cambridge University Press, 1992
• Canada-US tax comparisons , co-author John Whalley , University of Chicago Press, 1992
• The taxation of pensions. A shelter can become a trap , National Bureau of Economic Research, 1996
• Public policy toward pensions , co-author Sylvester J. Schieber , MIT Press, 1997
• Asset location in tax-deferred and conventional savings accounts , National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999
• The location and allocation of assets in pension and conventional savings accounts , National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999
• The Real Deal: The History and Future of Social Security , 1999
• Administrative Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform , University Of Chicago Press, 2000
• Private Pensions and Public Policies , co-author Mark Warshawsky , Brookings Institution Press, 2004
• The evolving pension system. Trends, effects, and proposals for reform , co-authors William G. Gale , Mark Warshawsky , Brookings Institution Press, 2005
• Government Policy towards Industry in the United States and Japan , Cambridge University Press, 2006
• Political risk versus market risk in social security , National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006
• New age thinking. Alternative ways of measuring age, their relationship to labor force participation, government policies and gdp , National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
• Putting Our House in Order: A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform , 2008
• Demography And The Economy , University of Chicago Press, 2011

Web links

• Literature by and about John Shoven in the catalog of the German National Library
• John Shoven in nndb (English)
• Entry in Open Library