Education

• Ph.D., Finance, Florida International University, Expected Completion: May 2018
• M.Sc., Finance, Florida International University, 2013
• B.A., Economics, Florida International University, 2011

Courses Taught

• FIN 350 Principles of Finance
• FIN 359 Intermediate Financial Theory

Research Interests & Projects

• International Corporate Finance, Investments

Selected Publications

Working Papers

• "Cross-Border Acquisitions and Dyadic Distance"
• "Ex-ante Structural Breaks and Sovereign Credit Default Swaps" with Ali Parhizgari
• "Measuring Sovereign Risk: Are CDS Spreads Better than Credit Ratings?"
• "Payout Policy Theories and Investor Sentiment" with Xiaoquan Jiang
• "The Permanent Decline of Deletions: A Resolution to the Asymmetric Price Response Puzzle" with Vikas Agarwal and Edward R. Lawrence.
• "Pollution Havens and Cross-Border Acquisitions”"
• "A Pristine Perspective on Additions to the S&P 500: Direct Additions vs. Transfers" with Rajnish Kumar, Edward R. Lawrence, and Arun J. Prakash.
• "Reading the Shield of Agamemnon: The Impact of Terrorism on Cross-Border Acquisitions"