Aazam Virani

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, Volume 14, Issue 1, February 2025, Pages 1–34 (Editor's Choice Article)
• “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, Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
• "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