Curriculum Vitae
APPOINTMENTS
- Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Assistant Professor of Business Administration (2005–present) - Sloan School of Management, MIT
Assistant Professor of Finance (2003–2005)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Corporate finance, capital structure, corporate governance
EDUCATION
- Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of
Rochester
PhD, Finance, 2003 - University of Zurich, Switzerland
Doctorate, Economics, 1997
Master in Economics, 1995
PUBLICATIONS
- Risk, reputation, and IPO price support. Journal of Finance, Vol. 61, 2006, pp. 613–653.
- Financing decisions when managers are risk averse. Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 82, 2006, pp. 551–590.
- Marketing role of IPOs: Evidence from Internet stocks. Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 68, pp. 413–439.
WORKING PAPERS
- Security issue timing: what do managers know and when do they know it?, 2006, with Dirk Jenter and Jerold Warner
- Taxes and financing decisions, 2006, with Jonathan Lewellen
PRESENTATIONS
- NBER Meetings in Boston, 2007 (paper presentation)
- WFA Meetings in Big Sky, 2007 (program committee and discussant)
- WFA Meetings in Keystone, 2006 (program committee)
- AFA Meetings in Philadelphia, 2005 (discussant)
- AFA Meetings in Philadelphia, 2005 (paper presentation)
- EFA Meetings in Maastricht, 2004 (paper presentation)
- Contemporary Corporate Finance Issues Conference at Dartmouth, 2004 (discussant)
- AFA Meetings in Washington, D.C., 2003 (discussant)
- First Yale SOM Conference on Young Firms, 2002 (discussant)
- Workshop Presentations at Boston College, University of Colorado, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown University, HBS, MIT Sloan, UMASS Amherst, University of North Carolina, University of Oregon, University of Rochester, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Wharton
FELLOWSHIPS
- Nasdaq Educational Foundation Fellowship, 2002
- Olin Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1999–2000
- Simon Graduate School of Business Administration Fellowship, 1998–2000
- Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1997
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Switzerland
Economist, 1995–97. Represented the Swiss National Bank in the G–10 working groups at the Bank for International Settlements; research in the area of inter–bank payment systems; assistant to the deputy governor of the Swiss National Bank. - Ecofin AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Financial analyst, 1993–95. Responsible for operations of the Telekurs–Service for Options and Futures (a real-time valuation system for options and futures traded on Swiss and German exchanges).
