Michael Faulkender

Washington University in Saint Louis

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Michael W. Faulkender

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Assistant Professor of Finance

Expertise: Corporate finance, Capital structure, Risk management, Corporate liquidity

Bio: Professor Faulkender has been at the Olin School of Business since 2002. In 2004-2005, Faulkender was a fellow at the Center for Financial Research, FDIC. His primary areas of expertise are in corporate finance and investments. Faulkender is a member of the American Finance Association, the Society of Financial Studies and the Western Finance Association.

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(314) 935-6329

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faulkender@wustl.edu

Education:

Ph.D. in Finance at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
B.S. in Managerial Economics at University of California, Davis

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Timing interest rates helps some firms meet analysts' forecasts (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7149.html)

May 4, 2006 -- Is it all about long-term growth or short-term gains? That's the question some finance professors at Washington University in St. Louis set out to answer when they investigated why non-financial firms are timing the interest rate market. The answer: by swapping short term, flexible interest rates for long term, fixed contracts, or vice-versa, managers may be more likely to meet analysts' forecasts. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/tips/normal/7149.html)

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