My Research

This page contains the list of my publications and ongoing work.

Publications

"Does Local Capital Supply Matter for Public Firms' Capital Structures?", with David Cicero and Johan Sulaeman, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming

“Do Women Managers Keep Firms out of Trouble? Evidence from Corporate Litigation and Policies”, with Anup Agrawal and James Malm, 2019, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 67: 202-225. DOI:10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.09.004

“Peer Influence on Payout Policies”, with Anup Agrawal, 2018, Journal of Corporate Finance 48: 615-637. DOI:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.12.010

“Female Executives and Corporate Cash Holdings”, 2017, Applied Economics Letters, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1388904

“Causal Effect of Analyst Following on Corporate Social Responsibility”, 2016, Journal of Corporate Finance 41: 201-216. DOI:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.08.010

“Does Local Religiosity Matter for Bank Risk-Taking?”, with Anup Agrawal, 2016, Journal of Corporate Finance 38: 272-293. DOI:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.01.009

“Religion, Gambling Attitudes and Corporate Innovation”, with Anup Agrawal, 2016, Journal of Corporate Finance 37: 229-248. DOI:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.12.017

“The VIX, VXO and Realized Volatility: A Test of Lagged and Contemporaneous Relationships”, with Jimmy Hilliard, 2014, Int. J. Financial Markets and Derivatives, 3:3. DOI:10.1504/ijfmd.2014.059637

“Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: A Developing Nation’s Case”, with Virginia E. O’Leary, 2011, Journal of Personal Finance, 10:2

Working papers

(* = Presented by co-authors)

“Competing Against Overconfident CEOs”, with Shradha Bindal, T. Colin Campbell and Shane A. Johnson

  • Universidad de los Andes, U. of Oklahoma, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Texas A&M (2018/2019)*, TCU (2020)*

“Credit Rating Agencies and Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions: An Unintended Consequence of the Dodd-Frank Act”, with B. Sharma, A. Agrawal, B. Arthur and M. Rabarison

  • Financial Intermediation Research Society (2019 - Savannah, GA)*
  • University of Alabama (2018)*
  • UTRGV (2018)*

“Does Litigation Risk Deter Insider Trading? Evidence from Universal Demand Laws”, with Anup Agrawal and Bina Sharma

  • FIRS (2020 - Budapest)
  • FMA (2019 - New Orleans)*
  • UTRGV (2019)*, Georgia Tech (2019)*, Emory (2019)*, Alabama Business, Alabama Law (2019, 2020)*

Research in progress

“Conservatism and Career Choices: Evidence from CEOs’ Political Leaning”, with Shane A. Johnson and T. Colin Campbell

  • 2017 American Economic Association Meetings (Chicago)

“CEO Political Values and Crash Risk”, with Collin Gilstrap and Tara Rich

  • 2016 Financial Management Association*
  • 2015 Eastern Finance Association*

Presentation and Professional Service

  • UTRGV: Member, Finance Faculty Search Committee, 2017 - 2018
  • UTRGV: Coordinator, Economics and Finance Departmental Research Seminar Series, 2017 -
  • UTRGV: Member, Research & Engagement Committee, 2017
  • Refereed for JFQA, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Financial Review, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Managerial Finance
  • Invited Presentations: Auburn U. (2014), U. of Missouri (2014), Mississippi State U. (2014), U. of Wyoming (2014), Binghamton U - SUNY (2015), York U (2015), Miami U (2015), Marquette U (2015), West Chester U (2016), Utah State U. (2016), U. of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (2016), Pennsylvania State U - Great Valley (2016)
  • Program Committee Member & Presenter: FMA (New Orleans) 2019
  • Discussant (2 papers): Financial Management Association (San Diego) 2018
  • Presenter: American Economic Association (Chicago) 2017
  • Session organizer/discussant: Financial Management Association (Boston) 2017
  • Presenter: Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS-Quebec City) 2014
  • European Finance Association (EFA-Vienna)* 2015
  • Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference (Brandeis )* 2014
  • Program Committee Member: Eastern Finance Association 2013
  • Program Committee Member, Presenter, Session Chair: FMA 2013
  • Presenter: Southern Finance Association 2012, 2010
  • Presenter: Financial Management Association 2016*, 2015, 2014, 2012
  • Discussant & Session Chair: Eastern Finance Association 2015, 2011
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