Jason Sandvik

Jason Sandvik is an Assistant Professor of Finance. Prior to joining Eller in 2022, he earned his PhD in Finance from the University of Utah and worked at Tulane University. His research interests include empirical corporate finance, labor economics, and disclosure policy. His work has been published in top academic journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Management Science, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Journal of Accounting Research. His work has been cited in major media outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.

Courses

• FIN 413 Valuation Modeling - Spring
• FIN 513 Valuation Modeling - Spring

Publications 

• "Workplace Knowledge Flows," with R. Saouma, N. Seegert, and C. Stanton. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1315, No. 3, 2020, 1635-1680.
• "Board Monitoring, Director Connections, and Credit Quality," Journal of Corporate Finance, 65, 2020, 101726. 
• "Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm," with R. Saouma, N. Seegert, and C. Stanton. Management Science, 67, No. 12, 2021, 7687-7707. 
• "CEO Pay Ratio Voluntary Disclosures and Stakeholder Reactions," with L. LaViers and D. Xu. Review of Accounting Studies, Oct. 2022, 1-42.
• "Creativity Contests: A Field Experiment on Eliciting Employee Creativity," with J. Bol and L. LaViers. Journal of Accounting Research, 61, No. 1, 47-94.
• "Clawback Provisions and Firm Risk," with I. Babenko, B. Bennett, J. Bizjak, and J. Coles. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 12, No. 2, 191-239.
• "CEO Activism and Firm Value," with A. Mkrtchyan and V. Zhu. Management Science, (2023).
• "Employee Responses to CEO Activism," with A. Mkrtchyan and D. Xu. Journal of Accounting and Economics, (2024).
• "IPO Price Formation and Board Gender Diversity," with R. Rau and T. Vermaelen. Journal of Corporate Finance (2024).
• "Should Human Capital Development Programs by Mandatory or Voluntary? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Mentorship," with R. Saouma, N. Seegert, and C. Stanton. Management Science (Forthcoming).

Awards and Recognitions

• 2023-2024 Scrivner Teaching Award - For Excellence in Teaching and Service to the Finance Department