Aazam Virani
Assistant Professor of Finance
McClelland Hall 315F
1130 E. Helen St.
P.O. Box 210108
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0108
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Areas of Expertise
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Investor activism
Law and finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Courses
- FIN 360 Quantitative Financial Management - Fall/Spring
- FIN 391 Preceptorship - Fall/Spring
Published and Working Papers
- “Collective Action and Governance Activism”, with Craig Doidge, Alexander Dyck and Hamed Mahmudi, Review of Finance, 2019, Volume 23, Issue 5, Page 893-933
- “Why are Bidder Termination Provisions Included in Takeovers?”, with Zhiyao Chen, Hamed Mahmudi and Xiaofei Zhao, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 57 , Issue 7 , November 2022 , pp. 2860 – 2896
- “Quasi-Insider Shareholder Activism: Corporate Governance at the Periphery of Control”, with Jonathan Cohn and Mitch Towner, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, forthcoming
- “The Value Implications of Mandatory Clawback Provisions”, with Tor-Erik Bakke and Hamed Mahmudi, Journal of Law and Economics, accepted for publication
- “The Impact of a Principles-Based Approach to Director Gender Diversity Policy”, with Tor-Erik Bakke, Laura Field, and Hamed Mahmudi
- "Does Corporate Political Spending Advance Shareholder Interests? Evidence from Clawback Regulation”, with Tor-Erik Bakke and Hamed Mahmudi
- “Growth-promoting bonuses and Mergers and Acquisitions”, with Tor-Erik Bakke, Mathias Kronlund and Hamed Mahmudi
- “Politicization of the Supreme Court and Firm Value: Evidence from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death”, with Tor-Erik Bakke, Hamed Mahmudi and Song Zhang
- “Do Personal Taxes Drive Unrelated Mergers and Acquisitions?”, with Jeff Coles, Jason Sandvik, and Nathan Seegert
Degree(s)
- PhD in Finance, University of Toronto, 2014