Jim Goldman
Assistant Professor of Finance
McGill University
(on leave from Warwick Business School)
E-mail: jim.goldman@mcgill.ca
PUBLICATIONS AND ACCEPTED PAPERS
“Government as Customer of Last Resort: The Stabilizing Effects of Government Purchases on Firms”
Review of Financial Studies 33(2), 2020, pp. 610-643
Winner of the 2016 EFA Best Doctoral Student Conference Paper Award
Presented at WFA 2017, EFA 2016.
“Do Directors Respond to Stock Mispricing? Evidence from CEO Turnovers”
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 58(6), 2023, pp. 2732-2751
Presented at WFA 2019, NFA 2018.
“Firm R&D and Financial Analysis: How Do They Interact?”, with J. Peress
Journal of Financial Intermediation 53, 2023, 101002
Winner of the 2015 USC Marshall Finance PhD Conference Best Paper Award
Presented at WFA 2015; Adam Smith Workshops 2015; Brandeis Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation 2015; Society for Economic Dynamics 2016; CEPR Workshop on Finance, Investment and Productivity 2016.
WORKING PAPERS
“Who Benefits from Anti-Corruption Enforcement?”, with S. Zeume
Revise and Resubmit (2nd round), Journal of Finance
"Amplifying the Fiscal Multiplier: The Role of Banks", with R. Iyer and R. Nanda
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Finance
Presentation: WFA 2024.
“Private Equity and Pay Gaps Inside the Firm”, with L. Fang and A. Roulet
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Finance
Presentations: AFA 2022, CSEF-RCFS Conference on Finance, Labor, and Inequality 2022, NBER SI Labor Studies 2021, NBER-RFS Conference on Inequality, Discrimination and the Financial System 2021, EFA 2021.
"Segmented Multipliers: Evidence from Welfare Cuts", with M. Adelino
Presentations: AFA 2025 (scheduled), SFS Calvacade North America 2022.
“The Birth of a Multinational: Innovation and Foreign Acquisitions”, with M. Guadalupe, V. Rappoport and C. Rörig
Presentations: Oslo Workshop on Trade, Growth and Firm Dynamics 2017; Barcelona GSE Summer Forum 2017; Society for Economic Dynamics 2017; EARIE 2015.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Co-determination and Firm Environmental Policies: Evidence from France
The Role of Social Value in Contracting
TEACHING
Warwick Business School - Mergers & Acquisitions
Warwick Business School - Financing Innovation
University of Toronto - Economics of Financial Risk Management
University of Toronto - Financial Economics I