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Robert M. Mooradian


Bob Mooradian
Professor of Finance


413 Hayden Hall
617-373-5955
r.mooradian@neu.edu

Education

PhD, University of Pennsylvania
AB, Hamilton College, New York

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Mooradian has research and teaching interests in corporate finance, international finance, real estate finance, and applications of law to finance.

Awards and Honors

Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association International. (June 2008).

Gary Dunton Fellow, College of Business Administration. (September 2006).

Selected Publications

Mooradian, R., Boyson, N. (2011). Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Activism. Review of Derivatives Research, 14, 169-204.

Mooradian, R. (2010). Liquidity and Stock Returns. Review of Applied Economics, 6(1).

Yang, S., Mooradian, R., Li, J. (2009). The Information Content of the NCREIF Index. Journal of Real Estate Research, 31(1), 93-116.

Mooradian, R., John, K., Hotchkiss, E., Thorburn, K. (2008). Bankruptcy and the Resolution of Financial Distress, In: Eckbo, B.E. (Ed.), Handbook of Corporate Finance: Empirical Corporate Finance (Handbook in Finance Series, Elsevier/North-Holland), 2: 235-287.

Mooradian, R., John, K., Hotchkiss, E., Thorburn, K. (2008). Financial Distress and Resolution (pp. 1-88). Amsterdam: In: Eckbo, B.E. (Ed.), Handbook of Corporate Finance: Empirical Corporate Finance, Elsevier/North-Holland.

Mooradian, R., Li, J., Zhang, W. (2007). Is Illiquidity a Risk Factor? A Critical Look at Commission Costs. Financial Analysts Journal, 63, 28-39.

Mooradian, R., Ryan, H. (2005). Out-of-Court Restructurings and the Resolution of Financial Distress: Section 3(a)(9) Compared to Investment Bank Managed Exchange Offers. Journal of Business, 78, 1593-1624.

Mooradian, R., Hotchkiss, E. (2003). Auctions in Bankruptcy. Journal of Corporate Finance, 9, 555-574.

Mooradian, R., Yang, S. (2002). Commercial Estate Leasing, Asymmetric Information and Monopolistic Competition. Real Estate Economics, 30, 293-315.

Mooradian, R., Yang, S. (2000). Cancellations Strategies in Commercial Real Estate Leasing. Real Estate Economics, 28, 65-88.

Mooradian, R., Hotchkiss, E. (1998). Acquisitions as a Means of Restructuring Firms in Chapter 11. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 7, 240-262.

Mooradian, R., Hotchkiss, E. (1997). Vulture Investors and the Market for Control of Distressed Firms. Journal of Financial Economics, 43, 401-432.

Selected Presentations

Mooradian, R. (Presenter & Author), Boyson, N., Southern Finance Association, "The Success of Frequent Hedge Fund Activists,” Southern Finance Association. (November 2010).

Mooradian, R. (Author Only), Boyson, N. (Presenter & Author), Financial Management Association, "Intense Hedge Fund Activism". (October 2010).

Mooradian, R., Boyson, N., Babson College, "Intense Hedge Fund Activism,” Babson College. (March 2010).

Mooradian, R., Boyson, N., U Mass - Amherst, "Instense Hedge Fund Activism,” U Mass- Amherst. (January 2010).

Mooradian, R. (Author Only), Boyson, N. (Presenter & Author), "Intense Hedge Fund Activism," Northeastern University. (November 2009).

Mooradian, R. (Presenter Only), European Finance Association, "Investing in Chapter 11 Stocks: Liquidity and Performance,” European Finance Association, Bergen, Norway. (August 2009).

Mooradian, R. (Presenter Only), American Finance Association, "CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms," American Finance Association, San Francisco. (January 2009).

Boyson, N. (Author Only), Mooradian, R. (Presenter & Author), Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, "Hedge Fund Activism from 1994-2005," Southern Finance Association, Key West, FL. (November 2008).

Boyson, N. (Presenter & Author), Mooradian, R. (Author Only), Financial Management Association International, US Annual Meeting, "Hedge Fund Activism from 1994-2005," Financial Management Association International, Dallas, TX. (October 9, 2008).

Boyson, N. (Author Only), Mooradian, R. (Presenter & Author), Financial Management Association International, European meeting, "Hedge Fund Activism from 1994-2005," Financial Management Association International, Prague, Czech Republic. (June 2008).

"Hedge Funds as Shareholder Activists from 1994-2005," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Conference in Honor of Stephen D. Smith, 2007, Financial Management Association International, Hofstra University, Bentley College, 2008.

"Conditional Expectation and the Variability of Equity REIT Returns," University of Central Florida, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, 2007.

Recent Press

Onyenyili, Emmanuel, "Activists gain momentum in new corporate landscape," theticker.org, 9/17/07.

Holt, Christopher, “Activist Hedge Funds' Secret Sauce,” seekingalpha.com, 8/31/2007; allaboutalpha.com, 8/28/2007; and nakedcapitalism.com, 08/2007.

Smith, Yves, “Hedge Funds: Good Activists?” paradigmshiftpr.com and portfolio.com, 8/30/2007.

Mailing Address

Robert M. Mooradian
418 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000