Education
- PhD, University of Alabama
- MA, University of Alabama
- MS, Auburn University
Areas of Instruction
Investments and Financial Derivatives, Corporate Finance, Corporate Control and Governance, International Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions
Research Interests
Corporate Finance and Investments: Initial Public Offerings, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Compensation, Innovations and Patents, Insider Trading, and Securities Class Action Litigations
Honors, Awards and Distinctions
Best Paper in Corporate Finance (Semifinalist), Financial Management Association, 2015
Highly Commended Paper of 2014, Nankai Business Review International, Emerald Group Publishing
Faculty Research Award, Louisiana Tech University, 2009, 2012, 2013
Summer Research Grant, Louisiana Tech University, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Selected Publications
Effect of Real Earning Management: Evidence from Patents (with Qin Lian and Zhaohui Randall Xu), 2015, Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, forthcoming
An Empirical Study of Executive Option Grants around Initial Public Offerings (with Xudong Fu, Qin Lian, and Tian Tang), Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2015, Vol. 57, p.207-221
Evolution of Integer Price Clustering of IPOs in the Aftermarket Nankai Business Review International, 2014, Vol. 5, p. 365-381
Common Advisors in Mergers and Acquisitions: Determinants and Consequences (with Anup Agrawal, Tommy Cooper, and Qin Lian), Journal of Law and Economics, 2013, Vol. 56, p. 691-740
