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Steve Irlbeck is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the Paul College of Business at the University of New Hampshire. His current research interests are in empirical corporate finance, executive compensation, and corporate distress/risk management.
Dr. Irlbeck obtained a Ph.D. in Finance in 2020 from the University of Iowa. He has experience teaching both undergraduate and graduate students in corporate finance, investments, risk management and insurance, and microeconomics.
January, 2026 - Watching the Watchdogs accepted for the 2026 American Finance Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (scheduled)
August, 2025 - Research paper to be 1 of 9 papers presented at the University of Oregon Summer Finance Conference in Eugene (scheduled)
May, 2025 - Presented Watching the Watchdogs at the 7th Future of Financial Information Conference in Fontainebleau, France
December, 2024 - Watching the Watchdogs was 1/8 papers presented at Financial Research Association Conference in Vegas
May, 2024 - Awarded the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics 2024 Excellence in Teaching Award!
January, 2024 - Presented Competition and Executive Compensation paper at the 2024 American Finance Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio
December, 2023 - Participated & presented research on the effects & determinants of executive competition at the NBER Compensation of Top Executives Conference in Cambridge