Dirk Hackbarth
Associate Professor of Finance
Postal: 515 E Gregory Dr, MC-520, Champaign, IL 61821, United States
Tel: (217) 333-7343   Fax: (217) 244-3102
Email: dhackbar "at" illinois "dot" edu
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Corporate Finance: Capital Structure, Credit Risk, Interactions between Financing and Investment Decisions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Markets, and Real Options.
    • SELECTED WORKING PAPERS
    • ''Liquidity Mergers,'' with H. Almeida and M. Campello. Working Paper, University of Illinois.
    • ''Optimal Priority Structure, Capital Structure, and Investment,'' with D. Mauer. Working Paper, University of Texas.
    • ''Corporate Financing and Investment: The Firm-Level Credit Multiplier,'' with M. Campello. Working Paper, University of Illinois.
    • ''The Timing and Returns of Mergers and Acquisitions in Oligopolistic Industries,'' with J. Miao. Working Paper, Boston University
    • ''Corporate Bond Credit Spreads and Forecast Dispersion,'' with L. Güntay. Working Paper, Indiana University, Bloomington.
      • SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
      • ''Capital Structure, Credit Risk, and Macroeconomic Conditions,'' with J. Miao and E. Morellec, Journal of Financial Economics 82, Issue 3, December 2006, pp. 519-550.
      • ''Can the Tradeoff Theory Explain Debt Structure?,'' with C. Hennessy and H. Leland, Review of Financial Studies 20, Number 5, September 2007, pp. 1389-1428.
      • ''Managerial Traits and Capital Structure Decisions,'' Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 43, Number 4, December 2008, pp. 843-882.
      • ''Stock Returns in Mergers and Acquisitions,'' with E. Morellec, Journal of Finance 63, Issue 3, June 2008, pp. 1213-1252.
      • ''Determinants of Corporate Borrowing: A Behavioral Perspective,'' Journal of Corporate Finance 15, Issue 4, pp. 389-411 (Lead Article).
        • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
        • Editorial Boards: Associate Editor, Business Research and Financial Markets and Portfolio Management; Co-Editor, Finance Research Letters.
        • Memberships: American Finance Association (AFA), European Finance Association (EFA), Society of Financial Studies (SFS), and Western Finance Association (WFA).
        • Program Committees: European Finance Association (EFA), Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS), Financial Management Association (FMA), German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB), Washington University Corporate Finance Conference, and Western Finance Association (WFA).
        • Reviewer: Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Financial Studies, Economic Theory, Financial Management, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Research, Management Science, Review of Finance, and others. Research Grant Reviewer: National Science Foundation (NSF).