I am an Assistant Professor of finance at the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky.

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Research

My research focus is empirical corporate finance, especially its intersections with industrial organization and labor economics. Most recently, I have been working on projects related to (1) competition type and capital structure, (2) unionization and (3) the corporate finance implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017), which significantly changed the tax implications of leverage.

Working Papers

1. Competition Type and Capital Structure: Evidence from Resale Price Maintenance

2. More Value, More Organizing? Unionization Campaigns and Industry Value Shocks

3. Changing Tax Incentives, Firm Value, and Expected Leverage Response

Teaching

I teach Investment Analysis (FIN 410), an upper-level, undergraduate course for finance majors.