Finance

Pradeep Muthukrishnan’s paper “Corporate Hiring under Covid-19: Financial Constraints and the Nature of New Jobs?” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Yuliia Yehorova, associate professor of economics and business at Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, will discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on the country’s economy as the inaugural…

The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members at a recognition ceremony on Nov. 14, 2022.

Amanda Heitz won the Financial Management Association’s 2022 Best Paper Award in Financial Markets & Institutions.

Jose Cil (A&S ’91), CEO of Restaurant Brands International, parent company of Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Horton’s, discussed the company’s commitment to purpose before profits as luncheon keynote speaker at the 43rd…

Nishad Kapadia’s paper “One Vol to Rule Them All: Common Volatility Dynamics in Factor Returns,” co-authored with Matthew Linn (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) and Bradley Paye (Virginia Tech), has been accepted for…

Zach Foster (MBA ’17) is CFO of Louisiana Pepper Exchange, a leading importer of peppers and supplier of pepper mash to the global hot sauce industry.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by Nola.com for a story about DXC Technology’s failure to deliver on its promise to create thousands of tech jobs in downtown…

Oleg Gredil’s paper “Finding Fortune: How Do Institutional Investors Pick Asset Managers?” co-authored with Greg Brown (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Preetesh Kantak (Indiana University Bloomington), has…

Stuart Haselden (MBA ’98), CEO of Arc’teryx, a global design company specializing in high-performance outerwear and equipment, discussed his life and career in retail as the Freeman School’s 2022 R.W. Freeman Distinguished…

Mathias Kronlund’s paper “Do Corporations Retain Too Much Cash? Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” co-authored with Hwanki Brian Kim of Baylor University and Woojin Kim of Seoul National University, has been accepted for…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and director of the Freeman School’s Burkenroad Reports equity research program, was interviewed for segment on Newsy’s “The Why” about Americans’ increasing anxiety over the…

It’s unbiased research. A spotlight on small, yet possibly lucrative companies that Wall Street overlooks. It’s a niche uncovered by Burkenroad Reports, a course where students conduct in-depth investment analysis of small…

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of five faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include four tenure-track assistant professors…

Ted Fee’s paper “Hidden Gems: Do Market Participants Respond to Performance Expectations Revealed in Compensation Disclosures?” co-authored with Zhi Li of Chapman University and Qiyuan (Rachel) Peng of the University of…

In a new paper, Assistant Professor of Accounting Lisa LaViers finds that the SEC’s decision to require firms to report their CEO pay ratios led to a proliferation of voluntary disclosures that went above and beyond the rule…

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business recognized more than 700 degree candidates at its spring 2022 undergraduate and graduate diploma ceremonies. The ceremonies took place on Friday, May 20, at Avron B.…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of the Burkenroad Reports equity research program, was interviewed for an Acadiana Advocate story on UnitedHealth Group’s agreement to acquire Lafayette-…

Oleg Gredil’s paper “Nowcasting Net Asset Values: The Case of Private Equity,” co-authored with Greg Brown and Eric Ghysels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been accepted for publication in …

Lisa LaViers, Jason Sandvik and Da Xu’s paper “CEO Pay Ratio, Voluntary Disclosures and Stakeholder Reactions” has been accepted for publication in The Review of Accounting Studies (RAST).

Trevor Young’s paper “Sentiment and Uncertainty” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics (JFE).

As a business student, Brian Egwele (BSM ’01) learned valuable lessons from the entrepreneurs and alumni who shared their experiences with his classes at the Freeman School. Now, as a Lepage Center Innovator-in-Residence,…

Freeman School faculty members Mike Hogg and Anthony Wood were named to Poets & Quants for Undergrads’ 2021 list of the Top 50 Undergraduate B-School Profs. The list, based on a national survey of business schools, was…

Volunteers from Goldman Sachs visited Freeman on April 3 to take part in two events sponsored by the Freeman School’s Career Management Center.

Senior Professor of Practice Peter Ricchiuti will discuss his new book, Being Your Own Boss Is Terrific, at the inaugural New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, which takes place March 10-12 on the uptown…