Education
Miami University, B.S. 1993
The Ohio State University, M.A. 1997
The Ohio State University , Ph.D 1999 (expected)

Experience
Instructor for Bus Fin 722 - Investment Management , Spring 1998.
Webmaster, The Journal of Finance and OSU Department of Finance, 1995-present
Copy Editor, The Journal of Finance, 1995-1998
Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Corporate Finance, 1994-1995
Research Assistant, 1994

Honors and Awards
Dice Center Dissertation Fellowship, 1998-1999
Finalist, Graduate Research Forum, 1998
Max M. Fisher College of Business Travel Award, 1996 and 1997
Graduated Cum Laude, Miami University, 1993

Areas of Interest
Teaching: Corporate Finance, Investments
Research: Corporate Governance, Corporate Financing, Corporate Liquidity

Dissertation
The Market for Corporate Control and Corporate Cash Holdings, René M. Stulz, chair

Publications
The Determinants and Implications of Corporate Cash Holdings, with Tim Opler, René M. Stulz, and Rohan Williamson, Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming

Working Papers
Bank Power and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Japan, with Rohan Williamson
Formerly titled Governance Structures and Financing Behavior: An International Perspective

Power in the Firm: Tests from Executive Death and Managerial Succession
Formerly titled The Good News is Your Stock is Up, The Bad News is You're Dead: Executive Death and Managerial Replacement

Presentations: (Not including those given by co-authors)
"The Market for Corporate Control and Corporate Cash Holdings"
Accepted for presentation at the Financial Management Association Meetings, October 1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Feburary 1999
University of Michigan, February 1999
University of Wisconsin, February 1999
Pennsylvania State University, February 1999
Universiyt of Iowa, February 1999
University of Miami, January 1999
University of Notre Dame, January 1999
Georgetown University, January 1999
University of Georgia, January 1999
University of North Carolina, January 1999
Arizona State University, November 1998
University of Arizona, November 1998
Case Western Reserve University, November 1998
The Ohio State University, September 1998

"Bank Power and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Japan"
Eastern Finance Association Meetings, April 1999
Georgia Tech International Finance Conference, May 1998
The Ohio State University, April 1998

"The Determinants and Implications of Corporate Cash Holdings"
American Finance Association Meeting, January 1998
Financial Management Association Meeting, October 1997

"Power in the Firm: Tests from Executive Death and Managerial Succession"
The Ohio State University, May 1997

Other Participation at Professional Meetings
Discussant, Eastern Finance Association Meeting, April 1999
Session Chair, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 1997
Discussant, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 1996

Editorial Work for Academic Journals
Referee, Financial Management, 1998 and 1999
Referee, Journal of Finance, 1996 and 1997
Copy Editor, Journal of Finance, 1995-1998

Research in Progress
Institutional Ownership and the Efficiency of the Market for Corporate Control
Financially Constrained Firms and Cash Hoarding
Seasoned Equity Offerings and Long Run Underperformance

References

René M. Stulz		(614) 292-1970
Bernadette Minton		(614) 688-3125
Tim Opler		(212) 469-6740