Jon A. Garfinkel
Henry B. Tippie Research Professor in Finance
Current Positions
- Henry B. Tippie Research Professor in Finance, Finance
- Professor, Finance
Education
- PhD in Finance, University of Florida
- BA in Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research Interests
- Finance
Selected Awards & Honors
- Finalist, Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance - Financial Management Association, 2023
- Undergraduate Faculty of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2021
- Senior Faculty Research Award - Tippie College of Business, 2019
- Finalist, Best Paper Award - Financial Management Association, 2017
- Finalist, Best Paper Award - Financial Management Association, 2016
- MBA Finance Professor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2015
- Innovations in Teaching Award - Tippie College of Business, 2014
- Executive MBA GREAT Instructor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2014
- Best Paper Award - New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation, 2012
- MBA Finance Professor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2012 - 2013
Selected Publications
- Garfinkel, J. A., Hsiao, L., & Hu, D. (In Press). (2024). Disagreement and Returns: The Case of Cryptocurrencies. Financial Management.
- Garfinkel, J. A. & Hammoudeh, M. (In Press). (2024). Competition and Innovation Revisited: A Project-Level View. The Review of Financial Studies.
- Garfinkel, J. A., Hammoudeh, M., & Weston, J. (2024). Academic Publishing Behavior and Pay Across Business Fields. Financial Management.
- Billett, M. T., Garfinkel, J. A., & Jiang, Y. (2023). The Capital Supply Channel in Peer Effects: The Case of SEOs. Journal of Banking and Finance. 149.
- Yimfor, E. & Garfinkel, J. A. (2023). Predicting Success in Entrepreneurial Finance Research. Journal of Corporate Finance. 81.
- Billett, M. T., Floros, I., & Garfinkel, J. A. (2019). At The Market (ATM) Offerings. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 54 (3) pp. 1263-1283.
- Billett, M. T., Garfinkel, J. A., & Yu, M. (2017). The effect of asymmetric information on product market outcomes. Journal of Financial Economics. 123 (2) pp. 357-376.
- Garfinkel, J. A., Elsas, R., & Flannery, M. (2014). Financing Major Investments: Information about Capital Structure Decisions. Review of Finance. 18 (4) pp. 1341-1386.
- Billett, M. T., Garfinkel, J. A., & Jiang, Y. (2011). The Influence of Governance on Investment: Evidence From a Hazard Model. Journal of Financial Economics. 102 (3) pp. 643-670.
- Garfinkel, J. A. & Hankins, K. (2011). The Role of Risk Management in Mergers and Merger Waves. Journal of Financial Economics. 101 (3) pp. 515-532.
Selected Presentations
- "Alumni Networks in Venture Capital Financing," Accepted Speaker at Southern Finance Association Meeting, Florida, November 2024.
- "Competition and Executive Compensation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Breakthrough Designations," Accepted for presentation at 2024 MFA conference at Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 2024.
- "Alumni Networks in Venture Capital Financing," Accepted for presentation at 2024 MFA Conference at Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 2024.
- "Competition and Executive Compensation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Breakthrough Designations," Accepted for presentation at 2024 AFAs at American Finance Association Annual Meeting, January 2024.
- "Regulatory Policy Enforcement and Corporate Performance," Accepted for presentation at 2024 AFA Meetings at American Finance Association Annual Meeting, January 2024.
- "Competition and Executive Compensation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Breakthrough Designations," co-author presentation at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Massachusetts, December 2023.
- "Implications of the Shrinking U.S. Publicly Traded Corporate Sector," Keynote/Plenary Address at Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 2019.
- "The Channels of Capital Supply, Financial Intermediaries and Competition in Peer Effects," Guest/Invited Speaker at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, March 2018.
- "The Channels of Capital Supply, Financial Intermediaries and Competition in Peer Effects," Guest/Invited Speaker at Florida International University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 2018.
- "The Channels of Capital Supply, Financial Intermediaries and Competition in Peer Effects," Guest/Invited Speaker at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, September 2017.
Working Papers
- Garfinkel, J. A., Hribar, P., & Hsiao, L. (2025). Aggregate Sales Growth and Stock Market Returns.
- Garfinkel, J. A., Khetan, U., & Nain, A. (2025). Innovation Specificity.
- Garfinkel, J. A., Hribar, P., & Hsiao, L. (2025). Visualizing Earnings to Predict Post-Earnings Announcement Drift: A Deep Learning Approach.
- Garfinkel, J. A., Mayer, E. J., Strebulaev, I. A., & Yimfor, E. (2025). Alumni Networks in Venture Capital Financing.
- Donelson, D., Garfinkel, J. A., & Roudini, S. (2024). Regulatory Policy Enforcement and Corporate Performance.
- Billett, M. T., Diep-Nguyen, H., & Garfinkel, J. A. (2024). Index Investing and Corporate Investment-Price Sensitivity.
- Garfinkel, J. A., Hammoudeh, M., Irlbeck, S., & Lie, E. (2024). Competition and Executive Compensation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Breakthrough Designations.
Editorial & Review Activities
- Associate Editor, Financial Management, October 2022.
- Associate Editor, Journal of Corporate Finance, January 2021.