PROFILE

Dr. Daniel Greene is the Bill Short Associate Professor of Finance at the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, Clemson University. His research interests are in corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, boards of directors, and artificial intelligence. His research has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, and the Journal of Law and Economics. His work has been featured in publications such the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Bloomberg, and presented at prestigious conferences including the annual meetings of the American Finance Association and European Finance Association. He is an associate editor of Financial Management. He teaches Financial Institutions and Markets and Professional Financial Planning, and was awarded the Innovation in Teaching Award from the Financial Management Association. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER professional and previously worked in the insurance industry. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. from Georgia State University. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Boards of Directors, Discrimination, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models

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PUBLICATIONS

1. "Reconciling the Evidence on Board Diversity Mandates", with JiHoon Hwang, Vince Intintoli, and Kathy Kahle, Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming.

2. " How Much Does ChatGPT Know About Finance?", with DJ Fairhurst, Financial Analysts Journal, January 2025, Volume 81(1), 12-32.

3. "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.

4. "Too Much of a Good Thing? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Takeover Market", with DJ Fairhurst, Journal of Corporate Finance, April 2022, Volume 73.

5. "How Does Acquisition Experience Affect Managerial Career Outcomes?", with Jared Smith, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, June 2021, Volume 56 (4), 1381−1407.

6. "Timing CEO Turnovers: Evidence from Delegation in Mergers and Acquisitions", with Jared Smith, Journal of Banking and Finance, May 2021, Volume 126.

7. "Corporate Takeovers and Non-Financial Stakeholders", with Omesh Kini, Mo Shen, and Jaideep Shenoy, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, March 2021. 

8. "Do Board Gender Quotas Affect Firm Value? Evidence From California Senate Bill No. 826", with Vince Intintoli and Kathy Kahle, Journal of Corporate Finance, February 2020, Volume 60.                                                

9. “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.  Online Appendix

10. “Valuations in Corporate Takeovers and Financial Constraints on Private Targets”, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, August 2017, Volume 52 (4), 1343-1373.  Online Appendix

11. “The Wealth of Private Firm Owners Following Reverse Mergers”, Journal of Corporate Finance, April 2016, Volume 37, 56-75.

12. “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.

13. “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.   Excel link     ASC link

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

PhD in Finance, Georgia State University, 2014

BBA in Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia, 2004

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Clemson University, Bill Short Associate Professor of Finance, February 2023 - Present

Clemson University, Associate Professor, August 2021 - Present

Clemson University, Assistant Professor, August 2014 - July 2021

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Zurich, Schaumburg, IL, 2004-2007