Alice Bonaimé is an Associate Professor of Finance and the Philip Rhoads Endowed Professor in Finance at Eller College of Management. Prior to joining Eller, she earned her PhD in Finance from the University of Florida and worked as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Kentucky. Alice researches empirical corporate finance with a focus on share buybacks and mergers and acquisitions. Her research has been published in various academic journals (Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, The Accounting Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Critical Finance Review) and cited by top news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and National Public Radio. Alice teaches corporate finance to undergraduate and MBA/MSF students and has earned several teaching awards, including being named one of the Poets & Quants Favorite Business Professors.

Courses

• FIN 391 Preceptorship - Fall
• FIN 412 Corporate Financial Problems - Fall
• FIN 512 Advanced Corporate Finance - Fall

Working Papers

• "Voluntary Disclosures Regarding Open Market Repurchase Programs" (with Leonce Bargeron, William Docimo, Mei Feng, and Shawn Thomas)

Publications

• “Mergers, Product Prices, and Innovation: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry" Journal of Finance, forthcoming (with Emma Wang)
• "Share Repurchases," Handbook of Corporate Finance, forthcoming (with K. Kahle).
  • Featured in Columbia Law School's Blue Sky Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets
• "Employee Compensation Still Impacts Payout Policy?" Critical Finance Review, forthcoming (with K. Kahle, D. Moore and A. Nemani)
• "Why do Firms Disagree with Short Sellers? Managerial Myopia versus Private Information," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2020, 55, 2431-2465 (with L. Bargeron). [Lead Article]
  • Appendix
• "Payout Policy Tradeoffs and the Rise of 10b5-1 Preset Repurchase Plans," Management Science, 2020, 66, 2762-2786 (with J. Harford and D. Moore)
  • Rule 10b5-1 and Accelerated Share Repurchase Data
• "Does Policy Uncertainty Affect Mergers and Acquisitions?," Journal of Financial Economics, 2018, 129, 531-558 (with H. Gulen and M. Ion)
• "The Timing and Source of Long-run Returns Following Repurchases," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2017, 52, 491-517 (with L. Bargeron and S. Thomas)
• "The Cost of Financial Flexibility: Evidence from Share Repurchases," Journal of Corporate Finance, 2016, 38, 345-362 (with K. Hankins and B. Jordan)
• "Mandatory Disclosure and Firm Behavior: Evidence from Share Repurchases," The Accounting Review, 2015, 90, 1333-1362.
• "Capital Structure, Equity Mispricing, and the Gains to Stock Repurchases," Journal of Corporate Finance, 2014, 26, 182-200 (with O. Oztekin and R. Warr)
• "Financial Flexibility, Risk Management, and Payout Policy," Review of Financial Studies, 2014, 27, 1047-1101 (with K. Hankins and J. Harford)
• "Insider Trading and Share Repurchases: Do Insiders and Firms Trade in the Same Direction?", Journal of Corporate Finance, 2013, 22, 35-53 (with M. Ryngaert)
• "Repurchases, Reputation and Returns," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2012, 47, 469-491