Austin Starkweather, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business
Assistant Professor of Finance
Academic Appointments
2024- University of Tennessee Assistant Professor
2020-2024 University of South Carolina Assistant Professor
2018-2020 Vanderbilt University Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Education
University of Maryland, Ph.D. in Finance
Princeton University, B.A. in Economics
Publications and Forthcoming
The Saliency of the CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure (with Audra Boone and Josh White)
Review of Finance, 2024.
Proxy Advisory Firms and Corporate Shareholder Engagement (with Aiyesha Dey and Josh White)
Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming.
Working Papers
Carcinogen Exposure and Firm Response to Cash Flow Risk (with Veronika Penciakova)
SEC Regulation and Corporate Filings (with Aiyesha Dey, Berk Sensoy, and Joshua White)
Is the Bottom Line the Top Priority? Revenue Versus Earnings Guidance (with Audra Boone, Craig Lewis, and Josh White)
Other Publications
Reproducibility in Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration (Member of the Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration, not a lead author)
Teaching at USC
Financial Statement Analysis (2021 - present)
Masters sections (average evaluation 4.6/5.0)
Undergraduate sections (average evaluation 4.6/5.0)