Publications

• Demographic, jurisdictional, and spatial effects on social distancing in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic
  (with Rajesh Narayanan, R. Kelley Pace, and Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara)
  PLOS One, 2020

• The efficiency of the benchmark revisions to the current employment statistics (CES) data
  (with Keith Phillips)
  Economics Letters, 2012

Working Papers

• CEO Narcissism, Human Capital, and Firm Value
  with Shane Johnson and Adam Kolasinski – R&R at Review of Finance
  Presentations – Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University
  TLDR – Narcissistic CEOs under-value the human capital of others, leading to sub-optimal levels of employee and C-suite turnover.

• The Disclosure of Cybersecurity Risk
  Presentations – FMA 2018 Annual Meeting, Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University
  TLDR – Cyber risk disclosures propagate from breached firms along interlocking networks, but no real risk-management changes seem to occur.

• Spillovers from Creditor Control
  Example code – Spillover Modeling
  Presentations – Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, University of Melbourne, University of North Texas, University of Sydney
  TLDR – Post-violation outcomes for covenant violators depend on peer rates of violation; lenders appear to react differently to solo violations (possible management issue) and widespread violations (possible industry shock).

• When Does Common Ownership Matter
  (with Shradha Bindal)
  Presentations – AFA 2020 Annual Meeting*, Louisiana State University, Midwest Finance Conference (2019)*, Texas A&M University, University of Kansas*
  TLDR – The anti-competitive effects of common ownership are strongest when we would expect prices to otherwise be more competitive. Broad, multi-industry studies should not be surprised to find little effect of common ownership when samples include well-differentiated or segmented markets.

• Reputation and the Labor Market for Corporate Directors
  (with Shradha Bindal)
  Presentations – Louisiana State University
  TLDR – Large institutional owners facilitate the propagation of shareholder-friendly governance practices by increasing the likelihood of board appointments for directors with strong shareholder-friendly reputations.

Work in Progress

• Lobbying and Common Ownership
  (with Shradha Bindal and Mahdi Mohseni)

• Cybersecurity Events and Bank Deposits
  (with Rajesh Narayanan)

• Auditor liability and management earnings forecasts
  (with Zhihong Chen and Nan Yang)
  Example code – Grammar in Python

• Local Yield Curves
  (with Rajesh Narayanan)