Education
Ph.D. Boston College
Areas of Expertise
Corporate Finance, International Finance, Small Business Finance
Background
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Charles River Associate, Boston, MA.
The Brattle Group, Cambridge, MA.
Courses Taught
Options and Derivatives, Risk Management, Investments,
Financial Theory, Managerial Finance
Research Interests
Corporate Finance,Risk Management, Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance
Selected Publications
“Takeover defenses, golden parachutes, and bargaining over stochastic synergy gains: a note on optimal contracting” European Journal of Finance, 2008.
“Golden Parachutes, Shark-Repellents and Shareholders’ Interest
Some New Evidence”, Global Finance Journal, 2008.
“Termination Risk and Managerial Risk Taking”, Journal
of Corporate Finance, 2007.
“Re-pricing and Executive Turnover”, The
Financial Review, 2007.
“Lending Relationships in Line-of-Credit and Non-Line-of-Credit
Loans: Evidence from Collateral Use in Small Business”,
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2006.
“Forward Premiums and Market Efficiency: Panel Unit-Root
Evidence from the Term Structure of the Forward Premiums,” Journal
of Macroeconomics, 2003.
“Takeover Defenses and Dilution: A Welfare Analysis”, Journal
of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2001.
“Waves and Persistence in Merger and Acquisition Activity”,
Economic Letters, 2001.
“Uncertainty in Executive Compensation and Capital
Investment: A Panel Study”, Financial Management,1999.
Professional Activities
Editorial Board, International Journal of Banking and Finance
Honors
College of Management Research Fellow, 2007-2008
Dean’s Award for Distinguished
Research Award, 2005- 2006
Betty Diener Award for Teaching Excellence, 2006
Sloan
Foundation Award 1998
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