John C. Persons

Associate Professor of Finance

At Ohio State since: 1991
Phone: 292-4318
E-mail: jp+@osu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph. D. --University of Chicago, 1991

M. S. -- University of Tulsa, 1986

B. S. -- Oral Roberts University, 1982

PUBLICATIONS

"Liars Never Prosper? How Management Misrepresentation Reduces Monitoring Costs," 1997, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 6, 269-306.

"Boom and Bust Patterns in the Adoption of Financial Innovations," 1997, Review of Financial Studies, 10, 939-967. (with Vincent A. Warther)

"Heterogeneous Shareholders and Signaling with Share Repurchases," 1997, Journal of Corporate Finance, 3, 221-249.

"Renegotiation and the Impossibility of Optimal Investment," 1994, Review of Financial Studies, 7, 419-449.

"Signaling and Takeover Deterrence with Stock Repurchases: Dutch Auctions versus Fixed Price Tender Offers", 1994, Journal of Finance, 49, 1373-1402.

• "Fully Revealing Equilibria with Suboptimal Investment"
• "Contested Takeovers and Tender Offer Structure"

HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding Professor Award, MBA Finance Association, 1999
Finalist for Journal of Financial Intermediation Most Significant Paper Award, 1997
Outstanding Professor - Evening MBA Class of 1996
Nominated for Journal of Finance Smith-Breeden Prize, 1994
University of Chicago Fellowship, 1987-1989
Dimensional Fund Advisors research award, 1987
Amoco Foundation Fellowship, 1986-1987
F. B. Parriot Scholar, 1985-1986
C.P.A. examination, national gold medal, 1982
National Merit Scholar, 1978-1982
O.R.U. Outstanding Business Student, 1982

COURSES TAUGHT

Business Finance 721 -- Corporate Finance
Business Finance 721H -- Honors Corporate Finance
MBA 810-- Financial Management
Business Finance 811-- Financial Decision Making
Business Finance 828 -- Cases in Corporate Finance

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