Ben S. Branch is Professor of Finance at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he has taught finance, investment, banking, and industrial organization for over 30 years. He was previously on the faculty at Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan, and the University of Texas, and has served on the boards of several corporations, including the First Republic Bank, BankEast, Bank of New England, and Proactive Technologies. Currently serving as associate editor of the International Review of Financial Analysis, he has published dozens of journal articles and book reviews, and is the coauthor of Bankruptcy Investing and author of Fundamentals of Investment for Financial Planning.
