PUBLICATIONS

1. "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.

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

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

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

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

6. "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.

7. “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

8. “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

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

10. “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.

11. “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

WORKING PAPERS          Links to my SSRN and Google Scholar pages

"How Deep Is the Labor Market for Female Directors? Evidence from Mandated Director Appointments”, with Vincent Intintoli and Kathleen Kahle

"California Senate Bill No. 826: List of Non-Compliant Firms", with Vince Intintoli and Kathy Kahle

• Summarized in Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy, Num. 216, May 27, 2020  

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 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