Research
Published Papers
"Moral Hazard in Active Asset Management" (with Shaun William Davies) Journal of Financial Economics 125 (2017) 311-325. [SSRN] [JFE] [Online Appendix]
"Tax Uncertainty and Retirement Savings Diversification" (with Scott Cederburg and Michael O'Doherty) Journal of Financial Economics 126 (2017) 689-712. [SSRN] [JFE] [Online Appendix] [Media Coverage: WSJ ("Smart saving amid changing tax code", February 12, 2018), Financial Advisor Magazine, Bloomberg]
"Financing Efficiency of Securities Based Crowdfunding" with Shaun Davies (Forthcoming at Review of Financial Studies)
"ETF Arbitrage, Non-Fundamental Demand and Return Predictability" with Shaun Davies and Matt Ringgenberg [ETF Sample Data][Media Coverage: Bloomberg, MarketWatch] (Forthcoming at Review of Finance)
Book Chapters
"An Overview of Technologically Enabled Finance." with Mingfeng Lin. Handbook of Alternative Finance (Forthcoming from Palgrave-MacMillan)
Non-Refereed Publications
"Exclusive Dark Pools." Review of Financial Regulation Studies 10: 5-6 (2012), with Leslie Boni and J. Chris Leach
"Investing in Security Price Informativeness: The Role of IPO Underpricing." Oxford Business Law Blog - January 15, 2017
Working Papers
"Investing in Security Price Informativeness: The Role of IPO Underpricing" [Online Appendix]
"Is There Skill in the Game? Institutional IPO Allocations" with Sergei Kovbasyuk and Tamara Nefedova
"(Sub)Optimal Asset Allocation to ETFs" with Scott Cederburg and Mitch Towner
"Off Target: On the Underperformance of Target Date Funds" with Shaun Davies [Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal]
"Simple Intuition Gone Awry: Combining Real and Financial Options in Tax Elections" with J. Chris Leach
"Dark Pool Exclusivity Matters" with Leslie Boni and J. Chris Leach
Work-in-Progress
"Strategic Trading and Price Informativeness" with Aizhan Anarkulova
"Equity Crowdfunding: Theory and Evidence" with Shaun Davies and Mingfeng Lin
"Index Investing, Value-Weighted ETF Flows, and Non-Linear Price Impact: Implications for the Firm" with Shaun Davies and Matt Ringgenberg
Honors and Awards
Finance Theory Group Member, 2019 - Current
TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security, 2018
WU Gutmann Center Best Discussant Prize, 2017
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Award, Southwestern Finance Association, 2013