Dirk Hackbarth

Positions

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

Research Interests

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

Research

Journal Articles

"Determinants of Corporate Borrowing: A Behavioral Perspective." D. Hackbarth, Journal of Corporate Finance, (15) September: 4 389–411 (Lead Article) 2009
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"Managerial Traits and Capital Structure Decisions." D. Hackbarth, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, (43) December: 4 843-881 2008
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"Stock Returns in Mergers and Acquisitions." D. Hackbarth, E. Morellec, Journal of Finance, (63) June: 3 1213-1252 2008
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"Can the Tradeoff Theory Explain Debt Structure?." D. Hackbarth, C. Hennessy, H. Leland, Review of Financial Studies, (20) September: 5 1213-1252 2007
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"Capital Structure, Credit Risk, and Macroeconomic Conditions." D. Hackbarth, J. Miao, E. Morellec, Journal of Financial Economics, (82) December: 3 519-550 2006
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Honors and Awards

Best Conference Paper Award (Runner-Up Prize), European Finance Association , 2006

Dean's List of Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University, Bloomington , 2004-2005

Campus Research Board's Travel Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 2008

Best Conference Paper Award, Swiss Society for Financial Market Research , 2009

List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois , 2009

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