Jim Goldman


Assistant Professor of Finance

McGill University

(on leave from Warwick Business School)



E-mail: jim.goldman@mcgill.ca

CV [pdf]


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.

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“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.

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“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.

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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