Assistant Professor of Finance
PhD, MIT Sloan School of Management, June 2006
BA, Columbia University (Magna Cum Laude), 1998
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Michael G. Foster School of Business |
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335 Mackenzie Hall
adamkola@u.washington.edu
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Finance Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200 |
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Specialties
Corporate finance, corporate governance, financial institutions, regulation
Positions Held
At the University of Washington since 2006
Economist Level C, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (June 1999–June 2001)
Financial Analyst, Wasserstein Perella & Co (June 1998–June 1999)
Trader’s Analytical Assistant, ING Barings, part time (Fall 1996 to Spring 1998)
Research Assistant, Joint Economic Committee of the 104th U.S. Congress (Summer 1996)
Selected Publications
- "Investment Banking and Analyst Objectivity: Evidence from Analysts Affiliated with M&A advisors," with S.P. Kothari, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
Working Papers
- “Subsidiary Debt, Capital Structure, and Internal Capital Markets”
- “Is the Chinese Wall to High? Examining the Costs of New Restrictions on Cooperation between Analysts and Investment Bankers”
- “Bears and Numbers: Investigating How Short Sellers Exploit and Affect Earnings-Based Pricing Anomalies,” with Bing Cao.
Current Research
The interaction between corporate organizational structure and financing and investment policy
Conflicts of interest within financial institutions and their regulation
The effect of short selling and insider trading on market efficiency
Honors and Awards
Doctoral Award in Business, State Farm Companies Foundation (2005)
Romine Prize for Best Columbia Undergraduate Thesis in Economics (1998)
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