Biography | Selected Publications
Paul Asquith is the Gordon Y. Billard Professor of Finance and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Asquith is a specialist in corporate finance and a media source for the field of corporate finance and control, including mergers, dividend policy, financial distress, and market efficiency. An empiricist, he investigates applied problems using real-world data. His most recent research examines analysts’ forecasts and market efficiency. MIT Sloan program students have recognized Asquith with 13 Teaching Excellence Awards.
Asquith holds a BA in economics from Michigan State University as well as an AM and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.
Working Papers: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=17370
Research Center(s)
General Expertise
Analysts' forecasts; Bankruptcy; Capital budgeting; Corporate finance; Diversification, corporate; Dividend policy; Valuation