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I'm an Associate Professor of Finance at the Ivey Business School, Western University. I earned my PhD in Finance from Boston College in 2014. I have a Master of Science in Finance also from Boston College (2009) and a BS in Economics from EAFIT University (2004). My primary research interests are in empirical corporate finance and financial intermediation.
Before my PhD I worked for five years in the financial industry in Colombia. First in Valores Bancolombia, Colombia's largest brokerage firm, as a Quantitative Analyst in the Economic Research Department, and then in Bancolombia (NYSE: CIB), Colombia's largest bank, as a Project Manager in the Derivatives and Risk Management division.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
"Reputation Acquisition and Abnormal Performance in IPO Underwriting”, with Walid Y. Busaba and Zheng Liu., Journal of Corporate Finance, 2025 November 95
"The '7% Solution' and IPO (Under)Pricing", with Walid Y. Busaba, Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 144.3 (2022): 953-971
"Private Firms' Incentives and Opportunities to Manage Earnings: Evidence from the use of Inflation Adjustments", with Jerome Taillard, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Volume 49.1-2 (2021): 69-110.
"Funding Liquidity Without Banks: Evidence from a Shock to the Cost of Very Short-Term Debt" with Philip E. Strahan and Lina Cardona, Journal of Finance, Volume 74.6 (2019): 2875 - 2914
"Do Underwriters Price-Up IPOs to Prevent Withdrawal?" with Walid Y. Busaba and Zheng Liu, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 55 (2020): 2005-2036
"The Effects of Taxing Bank Transactions on Credit and Industrial Growth: Evidence from Latin America", Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 93 (2019): 335-355.
"The Real Effects of Credit Ratings: The Sovereign Ceiling Channel" with Heitor Almeida, Igor Cunha and Miguel A. Ferreira, Journal of Finance, Volume 72.1 (2017): 249-290.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Information Asymmetry and IPO Underpricing:Evidence from the SEC’s Permissible Price Range”, with Craig Dunbar and Kevin Boeh
"Information Leakage Ahead of Credit Rating Changes: Evidence from the Sovereign Ceiling"
CONTACT INFORMATION
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: frestrepo@ivey.ca
Mailing Address: Ivey Business School at Western University, 1255 Western Road – Room 3326, London, ON, Canada, N6G 0N1
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