Finance

Paulo Goes, Dean and Halle Chair in Leadership at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, has been named dean of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, effective Aug. 23, 2021.

When Sam Childs, Maria Francque, Gabe Harris and Hunter Mathas signed up for Mara Force’s course on hedge funds in the fall of 2020, GameStop wasn’t high on their radar. In fact, it wasn’t anywhere on their radar.

For Freeman alumni Steve Jarmel (BSM ’93) and John Findlay (BSM ’07), the decision to strike out on their own in private equity presented an opportunity to not only generate superior returns but also to build a company where…

Victoria Li's paper “COVID-19, Volatility Dynamics, and Sentiment Trading,” co-authored with Kose John of New York University, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Banking and Finance.

In a forthcoming paper, Assistant Professor of Finance Amanda Heitz finds that politically connected firms experience fewer enforcement actions and receive smaller regulatory fines than similar unconnected firms.

With the Ricchiuti Action Learning Initiative (RALI), Peter Ricchiuti hopes to spread experiential learning across all areas of the Freeman School.

Amanda Heitz, assistant professor of finance, was interview by WVUE Fox8 for a story about the impact of President Biden's American Rescue Plan on families with children.

Venkat Subramaniam's paper “Labor Unions and Product Quality Failures," co-authored with Omesh Kini of Georgia State University, Jaideep Shenoy of University of Connecticut and Mo Shen of Auburn University, has been accepted…

Candace Jens' paper “Political Uncertainty and Firm Investment: Project-Level Evidence from M&A Activity” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by WPMT-TV Fox43 in York, Pennsylvania, for a story about the GameStop stock rally.

Ziye “Zoe” Nie’s paper “Short-Term Reversals, Short-Term Momentum, and News-Driven Trading Activity" has been accepted for publication in Journal of Banking and Finance.

Amanda Heitz, assistant professor of finance, was interviewed for an International Business Times story on the GameStop stock controversy.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and founder of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by Courthouse News Service for a story about the stock market’s performance in 2020.

Amanda Heitz’s paper “Corporate Political Connections and Favorable Environmental Enforcement” has been accepted for publication in Management Science.

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of nine faculty members for the 2020-21 academic year. The appointments include seven tenure-track assistant professors, one professor of practice…

Jason Sandvik’s paper “Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm” has been accepted for publication in Management Science.

Deen Kemsley’s paper “Tax Evasion and Money Laundering: A Compete Framework” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial Crime.

Jason Sandvik’s paper “Board Monitoring, Director Connections, and Credit Quality” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Corporate Finance.

New research by a Freeman School professor offers fresh insights about knowledge exchange in the workplace as well as strategies managers can use to promote knowledge sharing whether their employees are working in the office…

Oleg Gredil's paper “Do Private Equity Managers Have Superior Information on Public Markets?” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Gans Narayanamoorthy’s paper “Analyst Underreaction and the Post-Forecast Revision Drift” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and founder of the Freeman School's Burkenroad Reports securities analysis program, was interviewed by WGNO-TV for a story on investing during the pandemic.

Nima Ebrahimi's paper “Oil Jump Risk” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Futures Markets. Ebrahimi is a visiting assistant professor of finance.

Amanda Heitz and Gans Narayanamoorthy's paper “Creditor Rights and Bank Loan Losses” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Victoria Li's paper “Decomposing the VIX: Implications for the Predictability of Stock Returns,” co-authored with Victor Chow, Bingxin Li and Wanjun Jiang, has been accepted for publication in the Financial Review.