BA, Economics and Mathematics, Western Illinois University, 1994
MA, Economics, Western Illinois University, 1994
PhD, Finance, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1999

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Assistant Professor of Finance, Bentley College 1999-2003
Assistant/Associate Professor of Finance, FAU 2003-present

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Associate editor: Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Teaching interests:
Corporate finance (graduate and undergraduate), International finance (graduate and undergraduate), 
Banking (undergraduate)
Research methods (PhD)

Research Interests:
anything related to finance or international business.

A few past publications from 1999 to now:

“Shareholders' Gains from Corporate Expansion to the Republics of the Former Soviet Union,” Financial Management, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Spring 1999), pp. 61-74, with Ike Mathur, and Lynette Knowles Mathur.

“A Comprehensive Examination of the Compass Rose Pattern in Futures Markets,” Journal of Futures Markets, Vol 19, No. 5 (August 1999), pp. 541-564, Chun I Lee, Kimberly C. Gleason, and Ike Mathur.
	
“Efficiency Tests in the French Derivatives Market,” Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 24, No. 5 (May 2000), pp. 787-807, Chun I Lee, Kimberly C. Gleason, and Ike Mathur.

"Contagion Effects from the 1994 Mexican Peso Crisis: Evidence from Chilean Stocks," Financial Review, Vol. 37, No. 1 (February 2002), pp. 17-34, Ike Mathur, 
Selahattin Dibooglu, and Manohar Singh.  

“Evidence on Value Creation in the Financial Services Industries Through the Use of Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances,” Financial Review, Vol. 38, No. 2 (May 2003), pp. 213-234, with Ike Mathur, and Roy A. Wiggins, III.

“Analysis of Intraday Herding Behavior Among the Sector Funds,” Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol. 11, No. 5 (December 2004), pp. 681-694, Kimberly C. Gleason, Ike Mathur, and Mark A. Peterson.

Effect of Regulation FD on Asymmetric Information, Financial Analyst’s Journal, v 60(3), 2004.

Governance and Performance Implications of Diversification Strategies: Evidence from Large U.S. Firms (with Manohar Singh and Ike Mathur, Financial Review, 39(4) 489-526.

Returns to Acquirers of Privatizing Financial Services Firms: An International Examination Journal of Banking and Finance, 29 (8-9): 2043-2065 AUG-SEP 2005, with Anita Pennathur and Jim McNulty

The Use of Acquisitions and Joint  Ventures by U.S. Banks Expanding Abroad, Journal of Financial Research, 2006, with Ike Mathur, and Roy A. Wiggins (Best Paper Award)

Capital Structure, Shareholder Rights, and Corporate Governance Provisions, forthcoming at Journal of Financial Research, with  Pornsit Jiraporn

The Evidence on Product-Market Diversifying Acquisitions and Joint Ventures by U.S. Banks, 2006, Journal of Financial Services Research, with Ike Mathur, and Roy A. Wiggins, III

Going Public to Pursue Acquisitions, 2007, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, with Jeff Madura and Joan Wiggenhorn

Valuation and Performance of Reacquisitions Following Equity Carve-outs, with Jeff Madura and Anita Pennathur,  Financial Review, 2006
	
An Empirical Analysis of Reverse Takeovers, 2006, Journal of Corporate Finance

Development Patterns and Performances of Asian-American Founded Ventures in Silicon Valley, forthcoming, Journal of Private Equity, with David Choi and Chun Lee

The Effects of SFAS 133 on Foreign Currency Exposure of U.S. Based Multinational Corporations, 2007, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, with Nivine Richie and Charmaine Glegg

Exchange Governance Initiatives: Evidence from the Italian STARs, 2007, Journal of Banking and Finance, with Jeff Madura and Vijaya Subrahmanyam

Impact Of Visibility And Investment Advisor Credibility On the Valuation Effects of High-Tech Cross-Border Acquisitions, 2007, Financial Management, with Jeff Madura and Georgina Benou.

Cause and Effect of Mini-Tender Offers, forthcoming, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, with Jeff Madura and Jarrod Johnstone

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A few papers I am currently working on:

Can a Reverse Split Be Good News? Wealth Effects and Performance Implications of Reverse Splits, Revise and resubmit at Financial Review, with Chun Lee and Len Rosenthal
	
Going Private: Pre and Post-SOX, under review at J of Corporate Finance, with Len Rosenthal and Jeff Madura

Short And Long Run Performance Of IPOs In Post-Apartheid South Africa, with Vijaya Subrahmanyam and Kasim Ali, revise and resubmit at J of Multinational Financial Management

Political Risk and Acquisitions of Privatized State Owned Enterprises, revise and resubmit at Financial Review, with Mina Glambosky and Jeff Madura

Foreign Asset Divestitures: An Analysis of Motives and Valuation Consequences, under revise and resubmit at Journal of Banking and Finance, with S. Jory, Manohar Singh and Ike Mathur 

Alternatives for Going Public: Evidence from Reverse Takeovers, Self-Underwritten IPOs, and Traditional IPOs, with Ravi Jain and Len Rosenthal

Index Arbitrage Between Futures and ETFs: Evidence From S&P Futures and SPDRs, with Nivine Richie and Robert Daigler

Corporate Governance and Diversification, with Young S. Kim and Yong H. Kim, under review at Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance


Currency Order Flow and the Deviation from Interest Rate Parity, with Delroy Hunter, Bill Francis and Charles Malgwi

The Operational and Financial Hedging Strategies of U.S. High Technology Firms, with Young S. Kim and Ike Mathur

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Presentations

Financial Management Association, 1999-2007
Academy of International Business