Research Interests

My broad research interests include topics about the separation of ownership and control. Specifically, I am interested in how firms’ internal and external governance mechanisms affect corporate outcomes and how managers and shareholders respond to those mechanisms.

Corporate Governance
Board of Directors
Shareholder Control
Market for Corporate Control
Executive Compensation

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Publication

“Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards: Do Women Contribute Unique Skills?” (with Laura T. Starks), 2016, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 106(5): 267-271.

• Presentation: American Economic Association Annual Meeting (2016, jointly with co-author)
• Public/Media Interests: UBS (1Q 2016); UBS (Mar. 2016); United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment (Sept. 2016); Wall Street Journal (Oct. 2016); Becker's Hospital Review (Oct. 2016); Human Resources Director Magazine (Oct. 2016); Next Avenue (Twin Cities PBS) (Oct. 2016); Forbes (Oct. 2016); MarketWatch (Oct. 2016); Deloitte (Oct. 2016); Texas Enterprise (Nov. 2016); Bloomberg (Mar. 2017); McCombs Magazine (Spring 2017); Rotman Management Magazine (Fall 2017); Forbes India (Jan. 2018); and by @WSJ, @NACD, and more...

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Working Papers

“Board Heterogeneity of Expertise and Firm Performance” (with Laura T. Starks)

• Presentations: University of Texas at Austin (2013); U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2015, by co-author); University of Toronto (2016); Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (2016); American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Midyear Meeting (2017)

“Board Classification and Shareholder Value: Evidence from Corporate Law Amendments”

• Presentations: Conference on Convergence of Financial and Managerial Accounting Research (2015); IFABS Oxford Corporate Finance Conference (2015); Haskell & White Corporate Reporting and Governance Conference (2015); University of Texas at Austin (2015); Australasian Finance and Banking Conference PhD Forum (2015); Arizona State University (2016); London Business School (2016); American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Midyear Meeting (2016); University of Toronto (2016); University of North Carolina (2016); University of Texas at Dallas (2016); University of Minnesota (2016); Michigan State University (2016), Southern Methodist University (2016)