Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

  • Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, PhD, Finance, 2003
  • University of Zurich, Switzerland, Doctorate, Economics, 1997, Master in Economics, 1995

APPOINTMENTS

  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Professor of Finance (2022–present)
  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Professor of Business Administration (2021–2022)
  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Harvey H. Bundy III T’68 Faculty Fellow (2020-2021)
  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Associate Professor of Business Administration (2010–2021)
  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (2005–2010)
  • Sloan School of Management, MIT, Assistant Professor of Finance (2003–2005)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

Presentations at professional meetings

  • Midwest Finance Association Meetings, 2020 (session chair and discussant)
  • Red Rock Finance Conference, Springdale, Utah, 2019 (discussant)
  • Norges Bank Investment Management seminar, Oslo, Norway, 2019 (presentation)
  • BI Conference on Corporate Governance, Oslo, Norway, 2019 (paper presentation)
  • UNC Duke Corporate Finance Conference, 2019 (session chair)
  • WFA Meetings in Huntington Beach 2019 (program committee)
  • WFA-CFAR Conference, Washington University, 2018 (paper presentation)
  • FIRS Conference in Barcelona, 2018 (program committee, paper presentation)
  • Drexel Corporate Governance Conference, 2018 (paper presentation)
  • FSU SunTrust Beach Conference, 2018 (paper presentation)
  • WFA Meetings in Whistler, Canada, 2017 (program committee)
  • LBS Summer Finance Symposium in London, 2017 (discussant)
  • SFS Cavalcade North America in Nashville, 2017  (discussant)
  • AFA Meetings in Chicago, 2017 (paper presentation and discussant)
  • WFA Meetings in in Park City, Utah, 2016 (program committee)
  • The Young Scholar Finance Consortium in Houston, 2016 (discussant)
  • MFA Meetings in Atlanta, 2016 (track chair)
  • EFA Meetings in Vienna, 2015 (discussant, program committee)
  • WFA Meetings in Seattle, 2015 (program committee)
  • WFA Meeting in Monterey Bay, 2014 (program committee)
  • FIRS Conference in Quebec City, 2014 (discussant)
  • FSU SunTrust Beach Conference, 2014 (paper presentation)
  • AFA Meetings in San Diego, 2013 (session chair)
  • WFA Meetings in Lake Tahoe, 2013 (program committee, discussant)
  • UNC Tax Symposium, 2013 (paper presentation)
  • AFA Meetings in Chicago, 2012 (discussant)
  • WFA Meetings in Las Vegas, 2012 (program committee)
  • WFA Meetings in Santa Fe, 2011 (program committee, discussant)
  • AFA Meetings in Denver, 2011 (paper presentation)
  • WFA Meetings in Victoria, 2010 (program committee, discussant)
  • WFA Meetings in San Diego, 2009 (program committee)
  • NBER Meetings in Boston, 2007 (paper presentation)
  • WFA Meetings in Big Sky, 2007 (program committee, 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 in Dartmouth, 2004 (discussant)
  • AFA Meetings in Washington, D.C., 2003 (discussant)
  • First Yale SOM Conference on Young Firms, 2002 (discussant)

Fellowships

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant, 2012
  • 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

Appointments

  • Board Member: Midwest Finance Association (2015-2018)
  • Associate Editor: Journal of Corporate Finance (2021-present)

Referee

  • American Economic Review
  • ​European Accounting Journal
  • Journal of Accounting Economics
  • Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
  • Journal of Economic Theory
  • Journal of Finance
  • Journal of Financial and Quantiative Analysis
  • Journal of Financial Economics
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • Management Science
  • Quarterly Journal of Finance
  • RAND Journal of Economics
  • Review of Finance
  • Review of Financial Studies

Workshop presentations

Baylor University, Boston College, University of Colorado, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown University, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Norwegian School of Economics, Northeastern University, UMASS Amherst, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Mannheim, University of North Carolina, University of Oregon, University of Pittsburg, University of Rochester, University of Tennessee, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Wharton School of Business

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).