Biography
Prior to joining Emory in September 1989, Professor Mian taught at Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University, from 1985 to 1988, and was an adjunct lecturer at the University of Rochester during the 1984-85 academic year. His current research focuses on choice of financial reporting methods, examination of corporate trade credit policy, market for corporate control, and corporate use of derivatives. His work has been published in Financial Management, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Financial Engineering, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, and Journal of Finance.

Publications

• Evidence of Corporate Hedging Policy, Journal of Financial and Qualitative Analysis, volume 30, No. 3, 419-438, September 1996
• Corporate Takeovers, Firm Performance, and Board Composition (with O. Kini and W.A. Kracaw), Journal of Corporate Finance, 383-412, 1995
• Bid-Ask Spread and Ownership Structure (with O. Kini), Journal of Financial Research, September 1995
• Financial Reporting of Derivatives: An Analysis of the Issues, Evaluation of Proposals, and a Suggested Solution, (With G. Benston), Journal of Financial Engineering, September 1995
• Extending Trade Credit and Financing Receivables (with C.W. Smith, Jr.), Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 7, 75-84. (Reprinted in Corporate Finance, Euromoney Publications, August 1994), 1994
• Who Monitors the Monitor, Evidence from Board recomposition following Corporate Takeovers (with O. Kini and W.A. Kracaw), Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, 572-575, 1994
• Tests of Asymmetric Information Models for NYSE Specialists (with O. Kini), Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, 305-309, 1994
• With J. Rosenfeld, Takeover Activity and Long-Run Performance of Reverse Leverage Buyouts, Financial Management, 1993, winter, 46-57.
• The Nature of Corporate Takeovers (with O. Kini and W. Kracaw) forthcoming, Journal of Finance, 2003
• On the Choice and Replacement of Chief Financial Officers, Journal of Finance (Volume 60), pp. 143-175, 2001

Areas of Specialization

• Corporate Finance, Investments, and International Finance
• Corporate Control
• Risk Management

Achievements and Honors

• Earhart Foundation Fellowship
• BBA Distinguished Educator Award, Goizueta Business School, 1997
• Named by Business Week as an outstanding professor at Goizueta Business School, Business Week, 'Survey of the Best Business Schools,' 1993, 1997
• Caldwell Fellowship, Goizueta Business School, 1993
• University of Rochester Fellowship, 1981-85

Academic Background
Ph.D., Corporate Finance, University of Rochester, 1986
M.S., Corporate Finance, University of Rochester, 1983
B.Sc., Mathematical Economics, Econometrics, London School of Economics, 1978