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REEB, David M Professor
Mr & Mrs Lin Jo Yan Professor in Banking and Finance Department: Finance Office: BIZ1 7-65 Contact: (65) 6516 3042 Email: bizdmr@nus.edu.sg Personal website Curriculum Vitae

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David Reeb is a Professor of Finance and holds the Mr. and Mrs. Lin Jo Yan Professorship in Banking and Finance in the Department of Finance at National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Dr. Reeb also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, and as the Director of Business Doctoral Pro ...[More+]

Dr. Reeb’s academic research interests range from founding-family ownership to the properties of mandatory disclosure rules, spanning the incentives of financial regulators to the economics of information. His work has appeared in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Accounting Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, American Economic Review, Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of International Business Studies. His body of research has generated over 3,000 citations in other academic works, according to Web of Science (Google Scholar 12,000+). In addition, his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, the Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune, Inc. Magazine, SmartMoney, MSNBC, and several other leading publications in the US, Canada, and Australia. He has also been interviewed by CNN, Comcast and Bloomberg TV.

Dr. Reeb has been consistently recognised for his academic contributions. His 2003 study on founding-family firms is the mostly cited paper in the Journal of Finance that year. Similarly, his research on accounting report integrity is the mostly highly cited paper in the Journal of Accounting and Economics in 2004. More recently, his research on board of director heterogeneity and R&D disclosures are some of the most highly cited paper in Financial Management (2011) and Journal of Accounting and Economics (2015).

Dr. Reeb completed his Master of Science at Georgia State University and PhD in Business Administration at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

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- Investment Policy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Venture Capital
- Multinational Firms
- Disclosure Policy
- Family Business
- Family Firms
- Corporate Finance
- Journal Articles
  - Douglas Cumming, Igor Filatotchev, April Knill, Reeb, David M and Lemma Senbet (2017), "Law, finance, and the international mobility of corporate governance", Journal of International Business Studies, 48, 2, 123-147
  - Agarwal, Sumit, Qian, Wenlan, Reeb, David M and SING TIEN FOO (2016), "Playing the Boys Game: Golf buddies and board diversity", American Economic Review, 106, 5, 272-276, Papers & Proceedings
  - Reeb, David M and Koh P S (2015), "Missing R&D", Journal of Accounting and Economics, 60, 73-94
  - Reeb, David M, Yuzhao Zhang and Wanli Zhao (2014), "Insider Trading in Supervised Industries", Journal of Law & Economics, 57, 3, 529-559
  - Ronald C. Anderson, Reeb, David M, Yuzhao Zhang and Wanli Zhao (2013), "The Efficacy of Regulatory Intervention: Evidence from the Distribution of Informed Option Trading", Journal of Banking & Finance, 37, 11, 4337-4352
  - Reeb, David M and Wanli Zhao (2013), "Director Capital and Corporate Disclosure Quality", Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 32, 4, 191–212
  - Ronald C. Anderson, Augustine Duru and Reeb, David M (2012), "Investment policy in family controlled firms", Journal of Banking & Finance, 36, 6, 1744-1758
  - Reeb, David M, Mariko Sakakibara and Ishtiaq P Mahmood (2012), "From the Editors: Endogeneity in international business research", Journal of International Business Studies, 43, 3, 211-218
  - Keith D. Brouthers, Ram Mudambi and Reeb, David M (2012), "The blockbuster hypothesis: Influencing the boundaries of knowledge", Scientometrics, 90, 3, 959-982
  - Reeb, David M and W. Zhao (2012), "Family controlled firms and informed trading: Evidence from short sales", Journal of Finance , 67(1), 351-386
  - Ronald C. Anderson, Reeb, David M, Arun Upadhyay and Wanli Zhao (2011), "The Economics of Director Heterogeneity", Financial Management, 40, 1, 5-38
  - Ronald C. Anderson, Augustine Duru and Reeb, David M (2009), "Founders, heirs, and corporate opacity in the United States", Journal of Financial Economics, 92, 2, 205-222
  - Reeb, David M and R. Anderson (2009), "Founders, Heirs, and Corporate Opacity in the US", Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 92, 205-222
  - Ronald C. Anderson, Sattar A. Mansi and Reeb, David M (2004), "Board characteristics, accounting report integrity, and the cost of debt", Journal of Accounting and Economics, 37, 3, 315-342
  - Ronald C. Anderson and Reeb, David M (2004), "Board Composition: Balancing Family Influence in S&P 500 Firms", Administrative Science Quarterly , 49, 2, 209-237
  - Reeb, David M (2003), "Founding Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the S&P 500", Journal of Finance , vol. 58, 1301-1328
  - Ronald C. Anderson, Sattar A. Mansi and Reeb, David M (2003), "Founding Family Ownership and the Agency Cost of Debt", Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 68, 263-285
  - Reeb, David M (2003), "Family Ownership, Corporate Diversification, and Firm Leverage", The Journal of Law and Economics, vol.46, 653-684
  - Sattar A. Mansi and Reeb, David M (2002), "Corporate Diversification: What Gets Discounted?", Journal of Finance , 57, 5, 2167-2183
  - Sattar A. Mansi and Reeb, David M (2002), "Corporate International Activity and Debt Financing", Journal of International Business Studies, 33, 1, 129-147
  - Reeb, David M and A. Duru (2002), "International Diversification and Analysts’ Forecast Accuracy and Bias", Accounting Review, vol.77, 415-433
  - Reeb, David M and J. Allee (2001), "Firm Internationalization and the Cost of Debt Financing: Evidence from Non-Provisional Publicly Traded Debt", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, vol. 36, 395-414
  - Chuck C. Y. Kwok and Reeb, David M (2000), "Internationalization and Firm Risk: An Upstream-Downstream Hypothesis", Journal of International Business Studies, 31, 4, 611-629
  - Reeb, David M, Chuck C. Y. Kwok and H. Young Baek (1998), "Systematic Risk of the Multinational Corporation", Journal of International Business Studies, 29, 2, 263-279
- Working Papers
  - Jiang Cheng, Qian, Wenlan and Reeb, David M (2018), "The Ownership Complaint Gap", 2nd round
  - Anderson, Ronald C, Ottolenghi, Ezgi and Reeb, David M (2017), "The Dual Class Premium: A Family Affair", Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 17-021
  - Adams, John C, Hayunga, Darren K, Mansi, Sattar and Reeb, David M (2017), "Identifying Outliers in Finance"
  - Cheng, J, Wenlan QIAN and Reeb, David M (2017), "The Ownership Complaint Gap"
  - Mehta Mihir N, Reeb, David M and Zhao Wanli (2017), "Shadow Trading"
  - Ronald Anderson, LI, NAN and Reeb, David M (2013), "The Family Firm Puzzle"
- Others
  - Reeb, David M and Hrnjic, Emir (2015), "Shanda Games: A Buyout of a Chinese Family Firm", Ivey
  - Hrnjic, Emir, Reeb, David M and Yeo, Wee Yong (2015), "Suit Wars: Men's Wearhouse versus Jos. A. Bank", Ivey
  - Reeb, David M and Hrnjic, Emir (2014), "Financing Alibaba's Buyout: Syndicated Loan in Asia"
  - Reeb, David M, Hrnjic, Emir and Kapetanovic, H. (2014), " Title Emirates Airline: A Billion Dollar Sukuk-Bond Issue", Ivey
- Appointed as the Mr and Mrs Lin Jo Yan Professor in Banking and Finance, with effect from 7 July 14, for a term of five years. - 2014
- Finalist for the Brattle Price: Best Paper in Corporate Finance, American Finance Association - 2003
- Finalist for the Brattle Price: Best Paper in Corporate Finance, American Finance Association - 2002
- Nominated For - American University Professor of the Year Excellence in Teaching - 2000
- PhD, Business Administration, University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business, Columbia, SC, USA, 1996
- MSc, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, 1992
- BA, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 1990
- Mr and Mrs Lin Jo Yin Professor of Banking and Finance, National University of Singapore, 2013 - current
- Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore, 2013 - current
- Professor of Strategic Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2011 - 2013
- Professor of Accounting, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2007 - 2013
- Professor of Finance, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2007 - 2013
- Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, 2011 - 2013
- Visiting Professor of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2010
- Visiting Professor of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2009
- Associate Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 - 2007
- Board of Visitors Research Fellow, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2002 - 2003
- Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2002 - 2003
- Kogod Faculty Research Fellow, American University, Washington, DC, 1998 - 2002
- Assistant Professor, American University, Washington, DC, 1998 - 2002
- Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 1996 - 1998
- ABD Instructor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 1996 - 1998
- Area Editor , Journal of International Business Studies (2010 – Present) (International Accounting and Finance), 2010 - current
- Session Organizer, China International Conference in Finance, 2013
- Conference Organizer, Singapore International Conference on Finance, 2013
- Conference Organizer, Singapore International Conference on Finance, 2012
- Guest Editor, Journal of Economics and Business - Special Issue on Ownership, 2008
- Ajudication - Dispute Reviewer, Financial Management (Journal)
- Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Review; Academy of Management Journal; Journal of Accounting and Economics; Journal of Corporate Finance; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal Banking and Finance; Financial Management; Organization Science; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance; Financial Review; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
- Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Accounting and Economics; Economic Journal; Journal of Finance; Accounting Review; Economic Journal; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Management Science;