About me

I am Chaplin Tyler Professor of Finance and Iannaccone Faculty Fellow at the University of Delaware, and a Research Associate at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). My research interests are primarily in empirical corporate finance with focuses on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. Within this general field, my work spans the following areas:

(1) Takeover Defenses

(2) Board of Directors

(3) Dual-class Shares

(4) Mergers and Acquisitions

(5) Executive compensation

(6) Institutional Investors

(7) Sell-side Analysts

(8) Cultural Economics

(9) Corporate Innovation

(10) Corporate Disclosure

(11) Securities Issuance

(12) Venture Capital

I have published in a wide range of top academic journals including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, and Contemporary Accounting Research. My research has received several awards and garnered significant citations.