He currently teaches creating value through corporate restructuring in the second year of the MBA program. His research, which has been published in The Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial Economics and other journals examines corporate credit markets and corporate ownership structure. His recent work on credit markets has concerned institutions such as credit ratings and bankruptcy law. His work on ownership concerns the determinants of payout policy and the role of large owners. Professor Becker is a Faculty Research Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Corporate Finance program.