College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor of Finance

Ph.D., Finance, University of California at Berkeley, 2003
M.S., Finance, University of California at Berkeley, 2000
M.Sc., Economics, London School of Economics, 1998
B.S., Business Economics, University of Cologne, 1997

Associate Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 - Present
Visiting Professor, Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn, 2009
Assistant Professor of Finance, Washington University in St. Louis, 2005-2008
Assistant Professor of Finance, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2003-2005

Hackbarth, D. 2009. Determinants of Corporate Borrowing: A Behavioral Perspective. Journal of Corporate Finance, 15: 389–411 (Lead Article) SSRN Abstract

Hackbarth, D. 2008. Managerial Traits and Capital Structure Decisions. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 43: 843-881 SSRN Abstract

Hackbarth, D., Morellec, E. 2008. Stock Returns in Mergers and Acquisitions. Journal of Finance, 63: 1213-1252 SSRN Abstract

Hackbarth, D., Hennessy, C., Leland, H. 2007. Can the Tradeoff Theory Explain Debt Structure? Review of Financial Studies, 20: 1213-1252 SSRN Abstract

Best Conference Paper Award, Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, 2009
List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 2009
Campus Research Board's Travel Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
Best Conference Paper Award (Runner-Up Prize), European Finance Association, 2006
Dean's List of Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004-2005

Co-Editor, Finance Research Letters (FRL), Present

Corporate Finance: Capital Structure, Credit Risk, Interactions between Financing and Investment Decisions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Markets, and Real Options.