Research Interests
- Corporate Finance, Boards of Directors, Mergers and Acquisitions, Discrimination, Corporate Social Responsibility, Large Language Models
Research Publications
- "How Much Does ChatGPT Know About Finance?", with DJ Fairhurst, Financial Analysts Journal, forthcoming.
- “How Do Anti-Discrimination Laws Affect Firm Performance and Financial Policies? Evidence from the Post-World War II Period”, with Jaideep Shenoy, Management Science, May 2022, Volume 68(5), 3175-3973.
- “Too Much of a Good Thing? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Takeover Market”, with DJ Fairhurst, Journal of Corporate Finance, April 2022, Volume 73.
- “How Does Acquisition Experience Affect Managerial Career Outcomes?”, with Jared Smith, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, June 2021, Volume 56 (4), 1381-1407.
- "Timing CEO Turnovers: Evidence from Delegation in Mergers and Acquisitions”, with Jared Smith, Journal of Banking and Finance, May 2021, Volume 126.
- “Corporate Takeovers and Non-Financial Stakeholders”, with Omesh Kini, Mo Shen, and Jaideep Shenoy, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, March 2021.
- "Do Board Gender Quotas Affect Firm Value? Evidence From California Senate Bill No. 826", with Kathy Kahle and Vince Intintoli, Journal of Corporate Finance, February 2020, Volume 60.
- "Quantifying the Cache: The Premium for Solar Homes is Not Explained by Reduced Energy Costs", with Joseph Burgett, Proceedings of the Associated Schools of Construction Annual Proceedings, April 2018, Minneapolis, MN.
- "An Investigation of Pooled Purchasing as a Source of Value Creation in Diversifying Acquisitions", with Omesh Kini and Jaideep Shenoy, The Journal of Law and Economics, November 2017, Volume 60 (4), 597-636.
- "Valuations in Corporate Takeovers and Financial Constraints on Private Targets", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, August 2017, Volume 52 (4), 1343-1373.
- "The Wealth of Private Firm Owners Following Reverse Mergers", Journal of Corporate Finance, April 2016, Volume 37, 56-75.
- "The Costs and Benefits of Clawback Provisions in CEO Compensation", with Mark Chen and James Owers, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, March 2015, Volume 4 (1), 108-154.
